Freedom-restricting measures in care: section 1831 of the German Civil Code (BGB), approval, procedural guardianship and alternatives to bed rails and belts – online course.
Online self-study course for registered nurses, nursing assistants, managers in residential and community care, and legal custodians – 8 modules, approx. 7 hours, at your own pace, with confirmation of participation after working through all modules. Sources in APA 7, legal position September 2026.
The modules:
- Understanding freedom-restricting measures (FEM): concept, forms and underlying stance
- Fundamental rights and criminal law: protecting personal liberty
- Custodianship law: consent and approval under section 1831 BGB
- Approval procedure and specialised procedural guardianship
- Risks of FEM and weighing up decisions in fall prevention
- Alternatives to FEM in everyday care
- Special cases: community care, acute situations, minors
- Documentation, quality development and reflection
Self-study without supervision, assignments or assessment of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all modules as done yourself.