Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Abstract

A Case of Atraumatic Fracture Resulting from Physical Restraint in an Elderly Woman

Si Ching Lim and Peter Chiu Leung Chow

While physical restraints are commonly used and osteoporosis is a common and silent disease in the elderly patients, it is unusual to develop a bony fracture as an indirect consequence of physical restraint. It is important to find out the possible causes of agitation and restlessness in an elderly with dementia, and applying physical restraint should be a last resort and should be removed at the soonest opportunity.