Restraint resources and services

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).

Restraint: a human rights issue

In this film we examine how good practice in health and social care 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 minmise restraint.

Practical approaches to minimising restraint

Two very different examples of how good practice in care needs to take account of an individual's human rights.

Managing risk, minimising restraint

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

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