My presentation is on
Restraint Free Care in Older Adults with Dementia, a topic that I’ve had
considerable experience with as a nurse educator in Penn’s Gerontology Nurse
Practitioner Program and as a nurse practitioner caring for older adults with
dementia. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
initiated the research agenda over 20 years ago to address this critical
problem in health care. This work by Dr’s Neville Strumpf and Lois Evans and
many others at our School of Nursing has led to restraint reduction and
elimination and improved the quality of life for so many older adults. There
is still much work to be done and I hope that you take away information or
ideas on ways to develop research, education or practice initiatives to
promote restraint free care in older adults with dementia.
