The newly reported details of patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion spanned from 2020 through 2023. The deaths happened at hospitals in every state except Alaska, with some individual ...

A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result of being held in physical restraints, as recorded in the patient’s ...

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 ...

At least 50 hospital patients were improperly restrained in New York between 2015 and 2018, spanning men and women handcuffed, hit with batons, drugged, and left strapped to beds up to 12 hours ...

In a recent study published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers determined the association between compensatory and regular restraints and body mass index (BMI). They also explore the mediating role ...