Case Study: Care Homes for Older People
OLDER PEOPLE CARE HOME TRAINING IN UNDERSTANDING RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES Older people care home training: Care homes are often required by a care inspection to carry out appropriate training in managing challenging behaviour with their clients and in particular the issues of restraint with older people in care. This often follows an incident in which […]
Case Study: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre
The Training Challenge A brain-injury rehabilitation hospital, with a specific focus on short- to medium-term care and support for people with brain injuries, operated a unit specifically for cases with challenging behaviour. The hospital service manager — responsible for care quality and health and safety — engaged Dynamis to provide a comprehensive training programme that […]
Case Study: Foster Carers Training
The Training Challenge A foster agency, contracted to the local authorities in its area, was receiving requests from its foster families to have training in the use of physical interventions. Families wanted clarity on the rules regarding this area and asked us for Foster Carers Training. The fostering agency maintained strong links to the local […]
Case Study: Learning Disability Home Care
An 11-year-old boy with a brain injury and learning disabilities was presenting challenging behaviours that his home care team needed to manage safely and confidently. The Case-Manager who administrates and supervises the care package reached out to Dynamis for specialist guidance. The Challenge The young man was presenting infrequent but severe combative behaviour that put […]
Throwback Thursday: Emergency Response Belt demonstrations in Dubai
Back in 2013, my team and I had the opportunity to demonstrate the use of the Emergency Response Belt to our healthcare authority clients in Dubai. With a very busy Emergency Department, taking hundreds of cases every day, the staff were sometimes having to deal with very upset, frustrated and distressed psychiatric patients presenting at […]
Throwback Thursday: Restraint Chair in Oman
During a trip to the middle east back in 2010 to visit with a number of psychiatric institutions and hospitals to give advice and training, I recall being shown the ‘restraint chair’ in the picture at one of the units I visited. I remember being quite surprised at the sight. Even though I was aware of […]
Restraint Training: Complex Motor Skills in Control scenarios are just a Pain!
During our 2015 Advanced Control Tactics instructor-level training certification, Coach Tony Torres explained some of his experience and functional, pragmatic ideas about why pain-compliance holds should not be used during the “Control” phase of an incident. We define the “Control Phase” as the early-stage and often rapidly-unfolding physical interaction between subject and intervening staff. It […]
Restraint Training: Soft Cuff as the Least Restrictive Option
An innovative and significant restraint device is now available to hospitals and care services in the UK — and it deserves a serious, comprehensive exploration. The equipment is formally known as the Emergency Response Cuff (ERC) and is sometimes referred to as the “Soft-Cuff” due to its tough-cloth construction. While sharing many characteristics with its […]