Restrictive Practices Guidance Environmental Restraint If you are unsure whether a practice is an environmental restraint or not, seek advice Introduction to Environmental Restraint An Environmental restraint is a restrictive practice that restricts a person’s free access to all parts of their environment, including items and activities
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission What is environmental restraint? Environmental restraint is when you are stopped from: • having certain things • doing certain activities • going to certain places in your home or in the community
What is environmental restraint? | Our rules about restrictive . . . Environmental restraint includes actions that stop people from: using certain things, such as a phone or TV; going into certain areas, such as the kitchen or backyard; taking part in activities, such as cooking or going to the shops It is not environmental restraint if: you lock a person’s door to stop other people coming into their house
Factsheet – Types of restrictive practices - Department of Health and . . . Environmental restraint may involve restricting a care recipient from accessing a room or area within their environment, or an item or activity Environmental restraints can include: • locking away cutlery, tea coffee, or mobile phones, in cupboards and or drawers ;
Environmental restraint: How Tribunals are likely to view restrictions . . . Environmental restraint is a practice or intervention that restricts, or that involves restricting, a care recipients free access to all parts of the care recipients environment (including items and activities) for the primary purpose of influencing the care recipients behaviour
OFFICE OF THE ACT SENIOR PRACTITIONER - ACT Government Environmental Restraint is an action or system that stops or restricts a person from freely accessing things or areas in their environment or stops them from doing an activity because of behaviours of concern Behaviours of concern are behaviours that hurt the person or any other person
Overview of restrictive practices - Aged Care Quality Environmental restraint is a practice or intervention that restricts, or that involves restricting, a consumer’s free access to all parts of the consumer’s environment, including items and activities, for the primary purpose of influencing the consumer’s behaviour
RPA Panel Guide: Environmental Restraint - csi. nsw. gov. au Environmental Restraint 1 Environmental restraint is the restriction of a person’s free access to all parts of their environment including items or activities 1 As a regulated restrictive practice, the implementation of environmental restraint in NSW requires Restrictive Practice Authorisation (RPA) by a Restrictive Practices Authorisation
What are restrictive practices on the NDIS?? | MyCareSpace Note: Some forms of physical restraint are banned or restricted in many states due to safety risks 5 Environmental Restraint Definition: Blocking access to parts of the environment or possessions Examples: Locking doors, fridges, or cupboards; Preventing access to personal items or usual spaces (e g bathroom, backyard)
FINAL - 290425 - Environmental Restraint - Online Consumer Version Practices that restrict a Resident’s free access to all parts of their environment for the primary purpose of influencing the Resident’s behaviour, are known as ‘environmental restraints’ This includes restricting access to items and activities