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The Seclusion Report: Mechanical Restraint
Mechanical restraint is the use of straps to tie people to hospital beds or other furniture. It's a violent practice and a serious breach of human rights.
Mechanical restraint has no place in #Mental Health services.
#EndRestraint
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Mechanical restraint is the use of straps to tie people to hospital beds or other furniture. It's a violent practice and a serious breach of human rights.
Mechanical restraint has no place in #Mental Health services.
#EndRestraint
1/5
Here are the best and worst adult #MentalHealth services for mechanical restraint.
The best (lowest) use is in: Warrnambool, Ballarat & Mildura
The worst (highest) use is in: Austin, Maroondah and Box Hill
#EndSeclusion #EndRestraint
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The best (lowest) use is in: Warrnambool, Ballarat & Mildura
The worst (highest) use is in: Austin, Maroondah and Box Hill
#EndSeclusion #EndRestraint
2/5
Here are the best and worst older adult (over 65 years) mental health units for mechanical restraint:
Best (lowest): 7 hospitals reported zero mechanical restraint in the past 4y. If this is accurate, it's great news.
Worst (highest use): Bendigo, Latrobe & Normanby House.
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Best (lowest): 7 hospitals reported zero mechanical restraint in the past 4y. If this is accurate, it's great news.
Worst (highest use): Bendigo, Latrobe & Normanby House.
3/5
👋Indigo here!
🧵Taking over VMIAC again with a thread...
I want to share a huge THANK YOU to everyone supporting this critical advocacy to #EndSeclusion within 2 years.
Together we're growing energy for real change.
Let's unpack some of the excuses and some actual data...
🧵Taking over VMIAC again with a thread...
I want to share a huge THANK YOU to everyone supporting this critical advocacy to #EndSeclusion within 2 years.
Together we're growing energy for real change.
Let's unpack some of the excuses and some actual data...
We don't want to hear excuses from the #MentalHealth sector. Like 'they can't eliminate seclusion & restraint without more beds & staff'.
There are no excuses for violent practice.
Some units have already almost eliminated, so all of them could.
We want #ActionNotExcuses.
There are no excuses for violent practice.
Some units have already almost eliminated, so all of them could.
We want #ActionNotExcuses.
Have a look at some variations we found in the use of seclusion between #MentalHealth services:
People in ST ALBANS
(Sunshine Hospital)
are secluded
14.8 times
more often
than people in FRANKSTON
(Frankston Hospital)
#ActionNotExcuses #EndSeclusion
People in ST ALBANS
(Sunshine Hospital)
are secluded
14.8 times
more often
than people in FRANKSTON
(Frankston Hospital)
#ActionNotExcuses #EndSeclusion
