Seclusion and Restraint Project Report
Overview
This report sets out best practice in reducing and eliminating the practices of seclusion and restraint.
Individual authors
Melbourne Social Equity Institute, Bernadette McSherry, Janet Clinton, Carol Harvey, Stuart Kinner, Bridget Hamilton, Lisa Brophy, Cath Roper, Annegret Kaempf, Piers Gooding, Hadeel Al-Nawab, Kay Wilson, Juan Jose Tellez..
Key insights
This resource:
- Sets out the Australian and International Regulatory Framework.
- Multi-intervention approaches like the Six Core Strategies have produced strong evidence for reducing seclusion and restraint from 47% to 92%.
- The Six Core Strategies include leadership for organisational change, using data to inform practice, workforce development, use of seclusion and restraint reduction tools, consumer roles in inpatient settings and debriefing techniques.
- Changes to the physical environment to make it feel warmer and more appealing (like replacing broken furniture and use of decorative throw rugs) can reduce seclusion and restraint by 83.2%.
- The results of the literature review were confirmed by an online survey and focus groups.
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Resource type
Literature Review