Reference no: EM133667967
Portable hoist suitable for lifting a person from the floor
Operating instructions/procedures for the hoist being used
A chair
A person to play the role of the client
A person to play the role of the colleague who assists
Workplace procedure for falls recovery. Your client, who is frail and has dementia, has fallen. You and your colleague will need to lift the client using a portable hoist and help them into a chair.
a) What risks were involved in recovering the client? Think about both risks to the client and to yourself and your partner.
a) What did you do to reduce these risks?
b) What physical and sensory needs did the person have?
c) What difference did these physical and sensory needs make to how you performed the task?
d) How much was the client able to participate? How did you encourage their participation?
e) What would you have done if the client became frightened during the transfer?
f) What workplace documentation would need to be completed following this client's fall and recovery?