%0 Journal Article
%T Implementation of a restraint policy: a case study
%J Military medicine
%D 1991
%A Clavon, A. M.
%V 156
%N 9
%P 499-501
%X A no-restraint policy was implemented for 50 elderly residents of a small nursing home to determine if decreasing the use of restraints would increase falls. The decision not to restrain posed a conflict between protection of the patient and staff beliefs. The results of the study seem to contradict popularly held beliefs concerning restraining the institutionalized elderly to decrease falls. During the 2-year period, only two patients sustained minor abrasions due to falls, and one patient experienced a fractured hip.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
%@ 0026-4075
%U http://dx.doi.org/