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.
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #4
The fourth technique to avoid is a floor hold where staff lie bodyweight across a person’s folded arms. The post sets out the compression risks and why such holds should not be taught.
Conflict Management in Edinburgh -based Community Charity
Training for a national homelessness outreach charity in Edinburgh covered non-escalation, de-escalation, crisis management and support for people with cognitive difficulties. The post describes the Vistelar-based approach and includes a video of the strategies.
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.
Near Misses and Violence Risk Management in Restraint Training
Near misses are defined and illustrated with examples from training courses and inspections, and the post quotes HSE guidance that recording non-reportable near misses can reveal patterns and weaknesses in procedures.
Restraint Training: Uncommon Sense in Safely Caring for Older People
A midlands care home asked Dynamis to help staff give insulin and intimate care to residents who resist. Gerard O’Dea describes the visit and the uncommon sense that made tasks safer within 24 hours.
Case Study: Care Homes for Older People
A care home for older people asked for training after an inspection. Restraint was happening at physical, mechanical and psychological levels without a shared definition, and personal care was a frequent flashpoint for aggression.
National Personal Safety Day – Lone Working Book from Dynamis
Health and social care staff working alone in the community get a guidebook covering safety devices, aggression and fear, conflict triggers, body language, reasonable force and the discomfort many people feel about conflict.
Case Study: Learning Disability Home Care
An 11-year-old boy with a brain injury was grabbing staff by the hair and throat and assaulting school escorts. Training followed 2002 Department of Health guidance and used holds designed not to cause pain.
Throwback Thursday: Restraint Chair in Oman
On a 2010 visit to psychiatric units in the Middle East, the author was shown a restraint chair and describes families insisting shackles stay on. He contrasts UK manual restraint with practice elsewhere.