Practitioner explanations for the increasing use of restraint measures in the care of peope with intellectual disabilities in Norway 2000-11

By: Sondenaa, Erik.
Contributor(s): Dragsten, Frode | Whittington, Richard.
Series: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 12 (1) 2015: 58-63. 2015Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR | RESTRAINT | NORWAY | LEGISLATIONSummary: Notes that the use of restraint measures in the care of people with an intellectual disability (ID) and challenging behavior (CB) is recognized as problematic around the world and attempts have been made to reduce reliance upon this coercive approach. In Norway, legislation was enacted to restrict the use of restraint but paradoxically since it was implemented in 1999 there has been a very large increase in the use of one form of restraint: statutory or planned interventions. This study examined professionals' explanations for this unexpected increase.
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Notes that the use of restraint measures in the care of people with an intellectual disability (ID) and challenging behavior (CB) is recognized as problematic around the world and attempts have been made to reduce reliance upon this coercive approach. In Norway, legislation was enacted to restrict the use of restraint but paradoxically since it was implemented in 1999 there has been a very large increase in the use of one form of restraint: statutory or planned interventions. This study examined professionals' explanations for this unexpected increase.

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