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Cultural Change: Getting Residents Out of Wheelchairs

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by maryharroun
Posted on Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 01:46:09 PM EST

Getting residents out of wheelchairs and up and walking and when rest is required to provide real chairs for them to sit in.  As many facilities have a great fear instilled in staff that residents must not fall, they have preferred to keep them in wheelchairs, with alarms and lap restraints to keep them seated.  This practice is not meeting the goals of real cultural change.  Read on.....

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