Restrictive practices
Alternative labels
Restrictive interventions
Involuntary treatment
Description
Restrictive practices are actions or interventions that have the effect of restricting the rights or freedom of movement of a person with the primary purpose of protecting the person or others from harm. Practices can include: seclusion, chemical restraint, mechanical restraint, physical restraint, restricted access, power control, consequence control.
Discussion paper
The criminal justice system: issues paper
This issues paper states that people with disability, including young people and First Nations people, are over-represented across the criminal justice systems in Australia and are at heightened risk of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Briefing paper
Restrictive practices in residential aged care in Australia
The use of restrictive practices in residential aged care in Australia is contentious. There is significant public interest in the issue of restraint and ways to reduce or avoid it. This paper provides a high-level introduction to restrictive practices in residential aged care in Australia.
Report
The illusion of 'choice and control'
To better ensure that people with complex and challenging support needs receive adequate supports under the NDIS, this report makes fifteen recommendations to improve system, service and operational issues to ensure the scheme delivers the intended transformational benefits for all people with disability.
Report
Women, disability and violence - barriers to accessing justice: final report
This project draws on the insights of 36 women living in New South Wales and Victoria who outlined their experiences of seeking justice and security in the context of violence that they had experienced.
Discussion paper
Designing a deprivation of liberty authorisation and regulation framework
While some restrictions that affect people with disability are authorised under existing legislation, some are not. The OPA believes that law reform is needed and this discussion paper outlines a possible framework by which deprivations of liberty could be minimised and, where necessary, lawfully authorised.