There is no specific regulation regarding coercive practices targeted at people with dementia. However, stigma in mental illnesses often results through physical restraining of people living with mental illness, especially in areas where healthcare can be difficult to access. The practice is known as pasung (shackling) and can still be found in Indonesia despite being banned since 1977 (Human Rights Watch, 2016). In 2017, the Ministry of Health has issued a regulation which covers the prevention of the practice as well as management and rehabilitation guidelines for people affected by these practices. Management of ending of the practice is approached not only through advocacy and education, but also by making pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions accessible. This is done by facilitating the registration of people affected with the NHIS as well as through home visits and home care, day care and vocational rehabilitation (Permenkes No. 54/2017 Tentang Penanggulangan Pemasungan Pada Orang Dengan Gangguan Jiwa (Ministry of Health Regulation No. 54/2017 on Countermeasures of Shackling Practice on People with Mental Illness), 2017).

References:

Human Rights Watch. (2016). Living in Hell: Abuses against People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Indonesia. Human Rights Watch.

Permenkes No. 54/2017 tentang Penanggulangan Pemasungan pada Orang dengan Gangguan Jiwa (Ministry of Health regulation No. 54/2017 on Countermeasures of Shackling Practice on People with Mental Illness). (2017). (Testimony of Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia).