Restrictive practices: understanding and managing behaviours in a time of pandemic

This Dementia Support Australia fact sheet is for aged care services. It provides tips to support a person living with dementia where behaviour may be affecting their care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health sector
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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.

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