Restrictive Practices in Health Care and Disability Settings

<p>This volume explores different models of regulating the use of restrictive practices in health care and disability settings. </p><p>The authors examine the legislation policies inspection enforcement and accreditation of the use of practices such as physical mechanical and chemical restraint. They also explore the importance of factors such as organisational culture and staff training to the effective implementation of regulatory regimes. In doing so the collection provides a solid evidence base for both the development and implementation of effective approaches to restrictive practices that focus on their reduction and ultimately their elimination across health care sectors. Divided into five parts the volume covers new ground in multiple respects. First it addresses the use of restrictive practices across mental health disability and aged care settings creating opportunities for new insights and interdisciplinary conversations across traditionally siloed sectors. Second it includes contributions from research academics clinicians regulators and mental health consumers offering a rich and comprehensive picture of existing regulatory regimes and options for designing and implementing regulatory approaches that address the failings of current systems. Finally it incorporates comparative perspectives from Australia New Zealand the Netherlands Germany and England.</p><p>The book is an invaluable resource for regulators policymakers lawyers clinicians consumer advocates and academics grappling with the use and regulation of restrictive practices in mental health disability and aged care contexts.</p>