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

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.