My 91 year old dad has Parkinson's and dementia and is in hospice. We are currently caring for him at home with a live-in caregiver. But things are getting more and more difficult and we are looking into transferring him to a nursing home. He has been bedridden since being released from the hospital in late August. Hospice has supplied a bed with full rails but he tries to get out of bed a few times a day. He can get his knees over the rail but then wears himself out. He does not remember that his legs can't hold him. We have applied to a nursing home with really good ratings and recommendations, but they do not use full bed rails or alarms because they are considered restraints. I have read that more and more nursing homes are moving away from restraints. The good news is that the nursing home will have the ability to get him out of bed and into a chair. Should we be worried about the lack of restraints?
Alarms are not considered a restraint but they are often not reliable as they go off very easily. What is used more is an alarm that is attached to the chair and the resident and when they try to get out of the chair the alarm will sound. Less likely to go off with just normal movement.
The use of restraints in Facilities have not been used in many years. (thank goodness)
Even the use of hand protectors to prevent scratching at wounds can be considered a restraint.
I would not be concerned about the lack of restraints, I would be concerned if they used them
I bought a netted cover at a specialty baby shop for my daughter’s crib. My youngest daughter was an escape artist!
She was a tiny little thing but was very agile and climbed out of her crib. She was too little to put in a ‘big girl’ bed so we had to do something.
I didn’t realize that they made those for adult beds. Good idea!