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Restraints and the Elderly
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Product ID: 18470
Institution: 
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
URL where the product can be viewed: 
http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/resources-educators-professionals/presentations/demographic.asp?courseID=20040317

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Description of the product: 
This product is part of the GeriaFlix series at the University of Iowa. GeriaFlix are multidisciplinary presentations on topics in clinical geriatrics. Presented in a streaming digital video format with synchronized slides, each presentation lasts approximately 1 hour.

In this presentation, Dr. Mulhausen will trace the history of restraint use and describe federal regulations governing restraint use in U.S. nursing homes. He will define physical restraints and offer examples of subtle forms of physical restraint. He will discuss the adverse effects of restraint use, and offer principles of restraint reduction in geriatric care.

GeriaFlix presentations are available online, both to accredited medical education institutions for use with students, residents, and fellows. For more information about the GeriaFlix series, go to http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/resources-educators-professionals/p.... GeriaFlix are also available to practicing physicians, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners for CME or CEU credit. To receive continuing education credit, you must register for the Geriatric Lecture Series. For more information, go to http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/e-learning/geriatric-lecture-series....
Educational objectives: 
This product is part of a series of digitized lectures devoted to topics in clinical geriatrics designed to teach important principles in the management of older persons. By using this lecture series, learners will be able to improve their overall knowledge about managing common geriatric syndromes; understand the unique health care needs of older patients, differences in the management of common clinical conditions, and how physiologic changes associated with aging impact management; develop a working knowledge of important legal and ethical issues associated with end-of-life care; and understand and apply principles of the multi-disciplinary geriatric assessment.

The learning objectives of this particular digitized presentation are:
  1. Understand the history of restraint use and describe the federal regulations of physical restraint use in U.S. nursing homes.
  2. Identify what a physical restraint is and provide examples of physical restraint.
  3. Describe the adverse effects of physical restraint use in geriatric care.
  4. Apply the principles of restraint reduction in their provision of geriatric care.
Describe any special implementation requirements or guidelines: 
Viewing GeriaFlix presentations requires a 256K or faster DSL connection, cable modem, LAN/Intranet connection, or other broadband connection. You will also need QuickTime Player 6 or later, either Internet Explorer 5 or above or Netscape 6 or above, and a sound card with speakers. Screen resolution should be set at 800 x 600 or higher.
Date posted: 
Tue, 08/25/2009
Date last updated: 
Tue, 08/25/2009
CME credits available: 
Yes
Do you or any of the authors have any significant financial interest or commercial support?: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Contact person/corresponding author: 
Linda Seydel ([email protected])
Authors: 
Paul Mulhausen
NLM Citation:
Mulhausen, P. Restraints and the Elderly. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009. Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18470
APA Citation:
Mulhausen, P. (2009). Restraints and the Elderly. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved June 05, 2010 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18470
 
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