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#1 Posted : 23 October 2007 10:38:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chas
When elderly residents in a care home have their haircut should they have their hair washed facing forward over a basin for rinsing or tilted backwards. I am led to believe that there is a greater possibility of inducing a stroke if an elderly person faces forward with their head over the basin. Does anyone know if there is any truth in this? Thanks in advance.
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#2 Posted : 23 October 2007 11:15:00(UTC)
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Posted By LMR
i remember this being in the papers, so a quick google and it comes up with this:
http://www.timesonline.c...ews/uk/article842704.ece
As this was in 2004 I would expect that there has been more research and more up to date information available.
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#3 Posted : 23 October 2007 11:19:00(UTC)
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Posted By LMR
http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...rum=1&thread=8233&page=1
even an IOSH discussion!
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#4 Posted : 23 October 2007 16:05:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ali
The std with hairdresser salons appears to be "backwards", so why not adopt this ?
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