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Chapter 122such as deciding what to drink or eat, where to go or what to do in free time (Van der Meulen et al., 2018a). Major restrictions include coercion and freedom restrictions, for example medicine, fluids, and food administered under coercion, restriction of movement, separation, locked cabinets and doors, limited visiting or limited use of phones or internet, searching through clothes and (bed)rooms, and not being allowed to move around without supervision (Frederiks & de Visser, 2022; Frederiks et al., 2017; Schippers, 2019). Despite a step-by-step plan within the CCA for care professionals to follow when utilizing involuntary care, the Act is perceived and evaluated as unclear and demanding (Legemaate et al., 2022; Legemaate et al., 2021). In daily practice, the CCA might not achieve its aim to protect the rights of clients with intellectual disabilities. The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is working on a revision of the CCA with the aim of improving legal protection in practice by making the law more comprehensible and simple (VWS, 2023).Although Van der Meulen and colleagues (2018b) reported that clients with moderate intellectual disabilities justified minor daily involuntary care when these measures helped to live a structured life and promote their well-being, their study also showed that clients disliked these measures when their privacy and dignity was at stake. Major involuntary care measures were rated negatively by clients with intellectual disabilities as they reported feelings such as fear, stress, anger, anxiety, sadness, a lack of respect towards staff (Bonner et al., 2002; Do%u0308renberg et al., 2018; Fish & Culshaw, 2005; van der Meulen et al., 2018b). Care staff also experienced negative feelings such as fear and guilt when applying restraints (Negenman et al., 2014), even though they justified the application of these restraints because of the risks involved in challenging behaviour (D%u00f6renberg et al., 2018). Negative emotions of care staff affect their behaviour in daily interactions with clients (Allan & Tynan, 2000). As clients depend on the interpersonal relationships with their care staff for their well-being (Schalock, 2004), reducing both minor and major involuntary care with methods that are in line with the CCA would be valuable to develop, study, and implement in care organisations.