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Aged care staff need better education on identifying and avoiding restraint, especially low-level and chemical forms. While supporting new laws, they seek practical guidance beyond restraint-free ideals.

Keywords:
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  • Healthcare Policy
  • Qualitative Research Methods

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  • Media, research, and government inquiries highlight restraint use in Australian aged care.
  • Federal legislation mandates restraint as a 'last resort' in residential aged care.
  • Qualitative research aimed to understand stakeholder experiences and attitudes towards restraint practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To inform and develop government educational resources on aged care restraint.
  • To explore stakeholder understanding and attitudes regarding restraint practices.
  • To identify challenges and needs related to restraint use and legislation.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted semi-structured interviews with 28 aged care stakeholders (nurses, care staff, physicians, allied health, relatives).
  • Held two focus groups with senior management from residential and community aged care services.
  • Employed thematic analysis with inductive and deductive coding for data interpretation.

Main Results:

  • Identified five key themes: Understanding of restraint, support for legislation, impossibility of restraint-free environments, low-level restraint, and uncharted community restraint.
  • Found a basic understanding of restraint but a need for conceptual education, particularly for low-level and chemical restraint.
  • Stakeholders supported new regulations but lacked clarity on legislative details and desired practical guidance.

Conclusions:

  • Enhanced conceptual education is crucial for identifying and avoiding various forms of restraint in aged care.
  • While supporting restraint legislation, stakeholders require practical advice and recognition of necessary restraint situations.
  • Restraint oversight is increasing in residential aged care, but community restraint use remains largely unaddressed and requires further investigation.