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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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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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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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👋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... Heading: How safe is my hos...
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. Big orange padlock. No more...
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 1 padlock - labelled with F...
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