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Chapter 5
Appendix A: Overview of coercive measures and subsets
Coercive measure Total % of Nr. of total residents applied to
% of Subset residents
applied to
Audio surveillance (either within 50 11.7 43 40.2 ST resident’s private room/ and/or in the
general care unit)
Limited acces to rooms/area’s by locked 31 7.2 21 19.6 ID doors in the care unit
Locking cupboards, wardrobes, kitchen 30 7.0 22 20.6 ID cabinets, refrigerator
Locking the outer doors (to prevent the 30 7.0 26 24.3 ID resident or other residents from leaving
the care unit)
A form of surveillance technology 29 6.8 27 25.2 ST which detects a door being opened
(used either within a resident’s private
room and/or general care unit)
Jump suit which cannot be torn and/ 29 6.8 18 16.8 ID or prevents residents taking of their
clothes
Types of beds where the resident is not 26 6.1 23 21.5 SU able to get out of (bedrails, Poseybed,
bedbox)
Belt/posey vests (weel)chair 24 5.6 19 17.8 SU
Locking the bedroom door 24 5.6 21 19.6 ID
The resident not being allowed beyond 15 3.5 15 14.0 ID the residential grounds without
surveillance (either under supervision
of support staff or through the use of
surveillance technology)
Resident is not allowed at or outside 12 2.8 10 9.3 ID the institutional grounds without
supervision (supervised by support staff
or surveillance technology)
Physical restraint (parts of the body 12 2.8 12 11.2 DD being held down)
Being confined to one’s own room with 11 2.6 10 9.3 DD the door locked
Limiting the use of media (radio; tv; 9 2.1 9 8.4 ID magazines), either in choice or in set
times
Locked windows 9 2.1 9 8.4 ID
Closing access to the garden 9 2.1 6 5.6 ID
Monitoring the resident by keeping a 9 2.1 5 4.7 ID close eye on him through other means
(such as the window or door)
closing off the water supply 8 1.9 5 4.7 ID
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