Physical restraint use in care homes for older persons

Abstract

Increased longevity and societal pressures, including a shift in traditional familial roles and changing family values, are key catalysts that catapult the older person's decision to seek admission to long term care. The inability for the Maltese pension system to ensure that all older persons are financially stable, together with age discrimination related to economic/social contributions could potentially also dissuade the older person from remaining in her/his own home environments for as long as possible. Other determinants include the challenges faced by governments to provide holistic community services specifically targeting older person's needs and the decline in informal caregivers, and challenges related to the funding of health care delivery (European Commissions, 2011; Parliamentary Secretariat for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Ageing, 2014).