Issues emanating from the implementation of policies on restraint use with people with intellectual disabilities
By: Rickard, Eoin David.
Contributor(s): Chan, Jeffrey | Merriman, Brian.
Series: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 10 (3) 2013: 252-259.Publisher: 2013Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | RESTRAINT | ISOLATION | POLICY | IRELAND | AUSTRALIASummary: Uses legislation from Ireland and Australia to illustrate restraint practices and the issues emanating from their use. Argues that a gap remains between our understanding of the place of implementing restrictive practices with respect to service provision and their actual applications by providers. Concludes that such discordance between policy and practice needs to be addressed by stronger regulation.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Article Research | IHC Library | Article (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available (Article available on request) | 30700 |
Uses legislation from Ireland and Australia to illustrate restraint practices and the issues emanating from their use. Argues that a gap remains between our understanding of the place of implementing restrictive practices with respect to service provision and their actual applications by providers. Concludes that such discordance between policy and practice needs to be addressed by stronger regulation.
There are no comments on this title.