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What if they hurt themselves / Counsel and Care ; foreword by Daphne Statham.

By: Counsel and Care (Organization).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Counsel and Care, 1992Description: 47 p ; 30 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 189809201X.Subject(s): Older people -- Institutional care | Old age homes | Older people -- Long-term careDDC classification: 362.6
Contents:
The experience of restraint -- The meaning of restraint -- Principles -- The legal position -- The effects of restraint -- Helping staff deal with restraint -- Influences from outside homes -- Conclusions.

Cover title: What if they hurt themselves : a discussion document on the uses and abuses of restraint in residential care and nursing homes for older people .

Bibliography: (pages 40-47).

The experience of restraint -- The meaning of restraint -- Principles -- The legal position -- The effects of restraint -- Helping staff deal with restraint -- Influences from outside homes -- Conclusions.