Programs to Manage Aggressive Behaviour in Long-Term Care Patients: A Review of Clinical-Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines

In response to concerns from nursing staff in LTC facilities about physical aggression, and the wish to minimize the use of physical and pharmacological restraints, some LTC facilities want to train their nursing staff to deal with potentially aggressive patients in a manner which decreases or averts the physical aggressiveness without use of restraints.

This report from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health summarizes and appraises the evidence for programs to reduce aggression.

http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/L0089_Programs_Manage_Aggressive_Behaviour_in_Long-Term_Care_Patients_final.pdf