The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed greater emphasis on ...

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — You expect the unexpected when you adopt eight kids. "Loud, active, messy, sticky, stinky," Ray and Lori Carter said describing their family dynamic. But the Carters said they ...

More than 800 of every 1,000 hours psychiatric patients were hospitalized at a rural North Carolina hospital from July 1 through Dec. 31, 2013, were spent in some kind of physical restraint. That ...

A new study from Duke-NUS Medical School has highlighted the widespread use of physical restraints among caregivers of older adults with advanced dementia living at home, revealing a need for better ...

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department won’t be banning the use of maximum restraints, sometimes known as hogtying, though it has altered its training on how to use them. The decision comes in the ...

In April 2015, Justin Sangiuliano, a seventeen-year-old diagnosed with Autism, was physically restrained at his group home in Oshawa, Canada. To control an aggressive outburst, two staff members ...

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There is much discussion about the numerous and creative ways in which parents attempt to control their children during life. However, equally interesting are the ways that parents attempt to control ...

PUEBLO, Colorado — The Colorado Department of Corrections' use of clinical 4-point restraints at state prisons is under scrutiny by a Colorado attorney who contends the practice – which is meant to ...

The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed greater emphasis on ...