| Title |
Handling home care: |
| SubTitle |
Achieving safe, efficient and positive outcomes for care workers and clients |
| Author |
HSE |
| Series Code |
HSG |
| Series Number |
225 |
| Publisher |
HSE Books |
| Date of Publication |
2002 |
| Length |
80 pages |
| ISBN |
0717622282 |
| Price Exc. VAT |
£9.50 |
| VAT Rate |
0% |
| Product Type |
Hard Copy |
| Format |
Paper |
| Notes |
Health and safety guidance HSG225(HSG225) (HSG 225) (HS G 225) |
| Abstract |
This book is aimed at organisations that provide home care services. It contains practical advice on minimising the risk from manual handling to both care workers and their clients. It contains 27 case studies of real situations and additionally lists alternative improvements that could have been made to improve the quality of care and further reduce risk. Appendices give information about health and safety legislation and list sources of information. Contents: Introduction; General advice; Case studies on mobility and risk control; Appendices; Acknowlegements. |
| Keywords |
Guidance; Manual handling Regulations; Care provider; Hoist; Assistive devices; Care worker; Hazard; Competent person; Mobility assistance; Zimmer frame; Work equipment; Quadrapod; Rotunda; Transfer board; Mattress variator |