In the chaotic environment of an emergency room, hospital staffers sometimes face the question of whether to use physical restraints when a patient is experiencing a behavioral crisis. Using ...
At what point does careful consideration for the safety of someone in your care cross the line and become abuse? For people working in residential care with older people this can be an everyday issue.
A contentious bill still circulating in Salem this spring has exposed a wedge in the child-advocacy community, defying predictable party alliances. House Bill 3835, which is under consideration by the ...
The Social Care Institute for Excellence explains how a thorough knowledge of residents' needs, multi-agency partnerships, and good record-keeping can reduce the need for restraint of residents in ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with mental or behavioral health conditions are more likely to experience pharmacologic restraint in ...
Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child's mom.