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#1 Posted : 03 March 2006 15:15:00(UTC)
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Posted By Fiona Cowan Does anyone have any examples or experience of moving and handling pres-school children with multiple disabilities. My concern is our Duty of Care is to staff and they should be using a hoist to move a 4 year old from with no ability to assist in moving operations from floor to chair etc as this is regularly foreseeable and the child heavier than the guideline maximums for moving and handling. This is not to say I advocate avoidance of therapeutic movement during play etc, just that D f C would appear to me to require avoidance of manual handling where possible and foreseeable on a regular basis. Your assistance would be most welcome. Kind regards Fiona
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#2 Posted : 03 March 2006 22:37:00(UTC)
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Posted By Saracen11 Hi Fiona, you are correct about avoiding the need to M/H AFARP. There are a huge selection of hoists and most importantly corresponding slings on the market, as it is the sling that will bear the load as oppose to the hoist that lifts it. Regards
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#3 Posted : 04 March 2006 10:23:00(UTC)
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Posted By Gareth Campbell Hi Fiona, The independent living organisation may be able to help you in this matter at www.independentliving.org. If the child you are talking about lives at home then the community occupational therapist will have all the details on hoists that you need and will even be able to provide one for you. Hope this helps
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#4 Posted : 05 March 2006 10:50:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ron Impey Hi Fiona, I recommend you develop a policy which balances the needs and rights of the child and the interests of the workers. There is the handbook 'Dignity of Risk' from the Council for Disabled Children, which may be of help. http://www.ncb.org.uk/cdc/res_detail.asp?id=549 I will e-mail my organisation's policy. Now I'll sit back and wait for the flack.
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#5 Posted : 06 March 2006 12:42:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ron Impey I came across a very interesting and useful PowerPoint Presentation this morning. http://www.moving-and-ha...%20Handling%20People.ppt
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#6 Posted : 06 March 2006 13:07:00(UTC)
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Posted By J Knight Hi Folks, Agree emtirely with what Ron is saying. What matters most is a proper risk based approach; the first question should always be 'Why are we doing this?' Once the answer to this is clear, the solution usually falls out of it, as in the presentation referenced in Ron's previous post, John
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