To know why or how something happens or works.

Not reacting to a stimulus because of being unconscious or very ill.

Routine measures of clinical indicators used to monitor a person's condition.

A person, who is potentially at risk due to ill-health, injury, disability, age or socio-economic circumstances.

The intentional restriction of a person’s normal access to their environment, with the intention of stopping them from leaving, or denying a resident their normal means of independent mobility, means of communicating, or the intentional taking away of ability to exercise civil and religious liberties.

The use of a restrictive practice when all other measures were unsuccessful.

The restrictive practice which incurs the minimal limitation on a person, in the safest manner possible, for the shortest duration.

Any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material or equipment attached or adjacent to a person’s body that the individual cannot easily remove that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one’s body.

Using psychological means to deprive a person of choices, control them through not permitting them to do something, or making them do something or setting limits on what they can do.

Limiting a person's actions, movement or choices.

The intentional restriction of a person’s voluntary movement or behaviour.

The placing or leaving of a person in any room alone, at any time, day or night, with the exit door locked or fastened or held in such a way as to prevent the person from leaving.