Restraint resources and services

Managing risk, minimising restraint elearning

Part of e-Learning courses

e-Learning course for social care staff exploring definitions, thoughts and ideas about the use of restraint and how to minimise it.

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards at a glance

Part of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)

Information about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) - an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA).

Managing risk, minimising restraint

This At a glance summary examines the use of restraint in care homes and approaches to minimise its use.

Restraint: a human rights issue

In this video for health and care providers and staff, we examine how good practice needs to take account of an individual's human rights. Using a person-centred approach by putting people at the centre of decisions about their care can minimise restraint.

Practical approaches to minimising restraint

This video for health and care managers and staff gives two very different fictionalised examples of how good practice in care needs to take account of an individual's human rights.

Managing risk, minimising restraint: exploring restraint

Part of e-Learning courses

An interactive exploration of definitions, thoughts and ideas about the use of restraint and how to minimise it.

Managing risk, minimising restraint: creating a positive culture

Part of e-Learning courses

Exploring approaches to communication, learning and development, and the care home environment to help minimise the use of restraint.

Managing risk, minimising restraint: decision-making processes

Part of e-Learning courses

Exploring approaches to communication, learning and development, and the care home environment to help minimise the use of restraint.

Minimising the use of 'restraint in care homes: challenges, dilemmas and positive approaches

SCIE report 25 describes the findings of a small-scale study into the complex issues facing care homes around restraint and how care home managers and staff have developed strategies for avoiding or minimising its use

Restraint in care homes for older people

SCIE report 26 describes the findings of a small-scale study into the complex issues facing care homes around restraint and how care home managers and staff have developed strategies for avoiding or minimising its use