These resources are aimed at helping families, carers and guardians to understand what medicines are sometimes used as a restrictive practice and what can be done to monitor, reduce and eliminate the inappropriate use of psychotropic medicines.*
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- About restrictive practice in ACT: Restrictive Practice in the ACT - ACT Government
- About restrictive practice in SA: Restrictive Practice in SA - SA Government
- About restrictive practice in TAS: Restrictive Practice in TAS - TAS Government
- About restrictive practice in QLD: Restrictive Practice in QLD - QLD Government
- About restrictive practice in NSW: Restrictive Practice in NSW - NSW Government
- About restrictive practice in VIC: Restrictive Practice in VIC – VIC Government
- About restrictive practice in WA: Restrictive Practice in WA - WA Government
- A restrictive practices guidance on chemical restraint: Restrictive Practices Guidance Chemical Restraint - NSW Government
- A video by people with disability about using medicine for health, not control: Video - Medicine for health, not control – Council for Intellectual Disability
- A guide about Positive Behaviour Support for families: A guide for families - Positive Behaviour Support – Queensland Government
- A case study example about the use of chemical restraint and the process of authorisation: Video - DCJ Chemical Restraint Case Study – Family and Community Services NSW
- NDIS Commission’s Regulated Restrictive Practices Guide: Regulated Restrictive Practices Guide – NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- A visual tool for discussing restrictive practice: Visual tool - Discussing restrictive practices – Queensland Government
- Easy-English information about healthcare rights: Easy English - Australian charter of healthcare rights – Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Easy-English information about healthcare rights for people with a cognitive impairment: Easy English - About healthcare rights for people with cognitive impairment – Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Easy-English information about goals of care in health: Easy English - Goals of care – Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- NDIS Commission Practice Alert: About medicines associated with swallowing problems: Practice Alert: Medicines associated with swallowing problems – NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- NDIS Commission Practice Alert: About respiratory depression (slow, shallow breathing) and medicine that can cause it: Practice Alert: Medicines that can cause respiratory depression – NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- Health fact sheets covering issues like challenging behaviour, mental health and annual health assessments: Health Fact Sheets - Council for Intellectual Disability
- Guidance on prevention and interventions for people with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges: Prevention and interventions guidelines for people with challenging behaviour – NICE Guidelines
- Easy English information and podcasts on mental health, anxiety, depression and behaviours of concern: Easy English - Mental health fact sheets and podcasts – The Bridging Project: Archive
- Easy-read information about medications and side-effects: Easy Read - Medication information and side effects – SPECTROM
- Easy-read information about medications and side-effects: Easy Read - Medications for mental health and side effects – Peter Bates
- A Yellow Book for recording updates and changes in medication: Yellow passport medication records book - SPECTROM
- Pharmaceutical Care Plan: a record of medications and health conditions: My medicines booklet - Provide UK
- A2D – Admission to Discharge Folder for recording medications in hospital and to help discharge planning: Admission2Discharge (A2D) Together Folder - NSW Health
- Julian’s Key Health Passport is a record of important health information if someone is going to hospital: Health Passport - Queensland Health
- My Health Matters folder – a record of things your doctor needs to know about you: Easy Read - My Health Matters folder – Council for Intellectual Disability
- Review and tapering of antipsychotic medications for changed behaviour: Reviewing and Tapering Medicines - NPS Medicinewise
- When and how to request a Home Medicines Review (medication review): Home Medicines Review - Pharmacy Programs Administrator
- When and how to request a MedsCheck (medication review): MedsCheck and Diabetes Medscheck - Pharmacy Programs Administrator
- ‘CHAP’ Comprehensive Health Assessment Program: A health assessment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Adult Comprehensive Health Assessment Program (CHAP) for People with Intellectual Disability – Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
- Behaviour recording tools: Data Collection for Behaviour - Earlywood Education
- A checklist about mood, behaviour and symptoms for carers to complete where a person is unable to report their experience verbally: Depression and mood checklist - Monash Health
- Resources to help talk with the doctor about physical and mental health: Communication tools for Mental Health - Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
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*Whilst care is taken to ensure the accuracy and currency of these resources at the time of publication, these resources are not always updated after the fact. It is the responsibility of the viewer to determine the appropriateness of a resource as part of their own due diligence. These resources do not replace the need for individual expert advice.