Restraints are legal. The government has guidelines and certain docomunents has to be signed by family and the nursing home. Certain rules & regulations, but is 100% legal. I have just checked with the nursing homes I visit. That is in NSW
Cedric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J Collett Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2006 4:59 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: RE: [GPCG_TALK] Re: BP or not BP? >-----Original Message----- >From: ash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2006 4:37 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General Practice Computing Group Talk >Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Re: BP or not BP? >> - restraint management charts > >dunno where you are, but in nsw restraint is legally unacceptable >ttbomk, although others may know better > >the best available restraint is physical enclosure in secure geriatric >units; posey restrainers and chinese fingers are listed as assault for >quite some time Well, such a form was still listed on an aged care 'forms' order list last year when I began looking in to this. I too was under the impression physical restraints in aged care were illegal; as I said, I never got a look at these forms. Hopefully, someone can enlighten as to definition of restrain? Jan _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
