Manual Handling in Aged Care

Overview

This course has been developed with Physiotherapists providing an award winning patient handling program in South Australia. The course is written with national scope. The course will provide the theoretical component of patient handling for all staff in aged care facilities.

Did you know that about half of all workplace related injuries that occur each year are caused while performing manual handling tasks?

Manual Handling in Aged Care

Learning Outcomes

This course will provide learners with:

  • An understanding of why manual handling injuries occur
  • An understanding of the physical principles relating to manual handling
  • Some practical direction on how to perform manual handling tasks safely, and
  • An awareness of the risks associated with manual handling, specifically in the aged care sector, and how to control them
Course Content

The course covers:

  • ‘No Lift’ Policy
  • What is Manual Handling?
  • Legal Responsibilities for Employees and Employers
  • Physical Principles
  • Safe Manual Handling
  • Risk Assessment
  • Subjective and Objective Resident Assessment
  • Inanimate Loads
  • Summary and Assessment

Estimated duration
The course should take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Target audience
The course is targeted at all staff working in an aged care setting.

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