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The movement of physical restraint‐free care for the elderly in Japan and Japanese culture
Author(s) -
Akamine Yoriko
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2000.00042.x
Subject(s) - long term care , control (management) , nursing , movement (music) , gerontology , medicine , geriatric care , psychology , management , philosophy , economics , aesthetics
For a long time in Japan, there was no legal control or guidelines in the use of physical restraints at both acute and long‐term care facilities. Keeping the elderly in bed or binding them in beds, wheel chairs or geriatric‐chairs was commonly done. This seems to be related to a chief characteristic of the Japanese.