LPN found not guilty in gait belt ‘abduction’ case
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 01, 2022
A former nursing home employee was found not guilty of abuse last week in an unusual case centering around the use of a gait belt to keep an elderly dementia patient from falling.
Ask the care expert … about gait belts and infection control
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Apr 01, 2013
We use gait belts at my building. We assign a gait belt to an aide who uses them the entire shift. Do you think with all of the infection prevention techniques we should change our policy?