Managing Challenging Behaviours in Health Care Settings

Health and Extended Care organisations
hospitals in North America spend millions
of dollars annually on the utilisation of attendant
care assistance to support patients
with safety concerns, at risk for self harm,
infection control, and challenging needs that
cannot be addressed by traditional acute care
and long term care staffing. This presentation
will highlight the outcomes and research
of a pilot study into the enhancement of patient
care in an acute care inpatient service
through the use of Recreation Therapy (RT)
and Therapeutic Assistant (TA) services.