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#1 Posted : 16 August 2001 15:05:00(UTC)
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Posted By Sarah Milroy
Does anyone know of any training courses available for people who may assist elderly or disabled people - not so much patient handling as would be used in hospitals and nursing homes etc, but helping people to get up out of chairs, to move up and down stairs and on and off examination couches when needed? Patient handling is too much and general manual handling is not enough. Any ideas???
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#2 Posted : 16 August 2001 16:04:00(UTC)
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Posted By Dave Dowan
Hi Sarah
A fellow student on a training course does this training as part of his job, Please email me on david.dowan@ntl.com and I will give you his conatct details,
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#3 Posted : 17 August 2001 08:29:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ken Taylor
You could try RoSPA on 0121 248 2000
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#4 Posted : 17 August 2001 08:33:00(UTC)
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Posted By Laurie
Sarah

When my wife became disabled some years ago this training was given to me by her occupational therapist. You might try the OTs at your local hospital

Laurie
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#5 Posted : 17 August 2001 10:37:00(UTC)
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Posted By Nick Higginson
RoSPA are very good in this area, but they only do Instructors and Assessors courses for Patient Handling and Manual Handling as far as I am aware.

Both are excellent courses.

Nick
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#6 Posted : 17 August 2001 12:47:00(UTC)
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Posted By Bryn Maidment
Sarah
You should try Laurie's suggestion first but the problem is their general inability to undertake training for anyone other than their own staff.

If you are in the South/southeast you could try Back to Safety Ltd. E.mail me and I'll give you a contact and number - they provide a lot of trainng for me and it's first class.
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#7 Posted : 20 August 2001 20:01:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ken Taylor
For the type of training described, the RoSPA Home Safety Liaison Officers may be able to direct you to some locally available source.
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