Mindful staff can reduce the use of physical restraints when providing care to individuals with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-202

  Singh, Nirbhay N ^a   Lancioni, Giulio E ^b   Winton, Alan S W ^c   Singh, Ashvind N ^d   Adkins, Angela D ^e   Singh, Judy ^a  

^a ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive and destructive behaviours; Mindfulness; Physical restraints; Residential care staff; Staff training; Stat medications

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049097899     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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