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The Gerontologist 1999 39(5):611-614; doi:10.1093/geront/39.5.611
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© 1999 The Gerontological Society of America

Removal of Bedrails on a Short-Term Nursing Home Rehabilitation Unit

Nancy Morrow-Howell, ACSW, PhD, Editor, Myint Si, MD1, Richard R. Neufeld, MD, Medical Director, Assistant Professor2 and Joan Dunbar, MBA, MSW, Research Associate3

2 The Jewish Home and Hospital of New York, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York
3 The Jewish Home and Hospital New York

1 Address correspondence to Myint Si, MD, Co-Director of Rehabilitation, The Jewish Home and Hospital, 120 West 106th Street, New York, NY 10025. E-mail: msi{at}jhha.org


  Abstract

Our goal was to determine whether bedrails could be removed safely on a geriatric rehabilitation unit. Staff attended in-services about bedrails, assessment, and possible alternatives. Residents in the study group were assessed by an interdisciplinary team, following which a determination was made about the use of bedrails or alternatives. Eighty percent of residents in the study group were free of bedrails, which suggests that bedrails can be safely removed from most short-stay nursing home rehabilitation residents.

Keywords: Nursing homes, Bedrails

Received May 24, 1998; Accepted July 1, 1999


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