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| Characteristics of nursing homes that are restraint free | | Author(s) | Nicholas G Castle |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 2, April 1998 |
| Pages | pp 181-188 |
| Keywords | At risk ; Mobility ; Restriction ; Patients [nursing homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The use of physical restraints in nursing homes have been questioned over the past decade, and reductions in the number of nursing home residents who are restrained have occurred in recent years. Using nationally representative data from the On-line Survey and Certification of Automated Records (OSCAR) and the Area Resource File (ARF), comprising 15,074 nursing homes in the United States (US), this study examined the differences between restraint free and non-restraint free nursing homes. Restraint free nursing homes were found more likely to have residents with less ADL (activities of daily living) deficiencies and lower average numbers of residents who were bowel or bladder incontinent. They were more likely to be small, not-for-profit, and to have a richer mix of nursing staff. Psychoactive drug use rates did not differ between the types of homes. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980716404 A |
| Classmark | CA3: C4: 5RC: LHB:LF: 7T |
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