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Restrictive practices: understanding and managing behaviours in a time of pande…
https://dementia.com.au/resources/news/managing-behaviours-during-covid-19.html
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Publication type:
Fact sheet
Audience:
Health sector
Language:
English
Description:
This fact sheet provides guidance on how to respond if a person in your care, who you suspect has a COVID-19 infection, is displaying changed behaviours.
It includes:
- general advice on what to look for as a common cause of a changed behaviour
- how to minimise transmission
- alternatives to the use of physical and chemical restraints
- the role that the GP can provide.