Breakaway Training: Judges Comments in Dementia Care Assault Case
A dementia care case in which a judge found no evidence that staff had received breakaway or self-defence training, despite a resident with a documented history of serious violence. Includes a video case analysis.
Patient Care and Compassion in conflict resolution training
Drawing on Fred Lee’s three levels of care, competence, courtesy and compassion, the piece argues that NHS conflict training should align staff actions with their values, since compassion cannot be hired or required.
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #5
The post examines a restraint technique promoted for controlling violent patients in hospital, warning that staff lying on a prone person put body weight through the torso and cannot monitor what they cannot see.
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #3
A 1907 photograph of City of London Police restraint shows two officers working together, which the post welcomes, alongside a technique that compresses the airway and raises the risk of positional asphyxia.
Safe Holding Training – Manage Distress – Scotland
A video in which Gerard O’Dea answers a question about how Scottish care homes should respond to distressed or dangerous behaviour in older people, relating safe holding practice to existing guidance and statute.
Restraint Training: Unsafe Handling caused death of resident and £57,000 fine
Elizabeth Stevenson, 88, died after a fall at Highgate Care Home and her provider was fined £57,000. The post traces the missed risk assessment review and supervision failures behind it.
£150,000 fine for Care Home Wheelchair Restraint Strap Death
A 74 year old resident at a Birmingham nursing home died after slipping from her wheelchair and being caught by the lap belt. The operator was fined £150,000 after admitting health and safety breaches.
We do Fire Drills, not Fire Talks, for performance outside the classroom
A video post on Vistelar’s approach, where training is emotionally safe enough for students to make mistakes and performance driven enough to do the skill. It also points to a UK instructor certification.
Care Home Safe Holding: Massive Fines in Elderly Care Home Worker Stabbing
Stephen Flatt was placed at Abacus House, where staff had no training for his bipolar disorder or for violence. He killed care worker Kathleen Bainbridge, and fines and costs approached £900,000 in total.
Restraint Training: Focussed on Tasks, not People ?
A carer was bruised after forcing a resident into the shower because the rota said it was his day. The post argues that task-focused care raises challenging behaviour and the number of restraints.