Why your team need training about Safe Holding in Care Homes The following is an actual story and scenario which was reported to our training team in the sessions that we deliver for staff who look after older people in care. I believe that stories like this are generally representative of the kinds of conflict and violent incidents which occur with
NOTES FROM THE TEXT “BATHING WITHOUT A BATTLE”: Caregivers in nursing facilities rate assisting persons with dementia during bathing or showering one of the hardest, if not the hardest, caregiving task that they perform (Miller, 1997; Namazi & Johnson, 1996). SENSES: Â Bathing typically happens in a room, which provides a visual, auditory, olfactory, thermal, and
Our 2015 Self-Protection Trainer course is almost full! With bookings only open since late January, we have had a strong response to our 5th annual self-protection trainer course.  The course teaches what is possibly the most quickly-assimilated and easily-retained self-protection tactics course in the sector today (Functional Edge System or FES), combined with industry-leading Trainer
There is a trend in many countries to bring into play specific legislation which seeks to protect public services workers from crimes of violence and aggression committed against them. Â Often this legislation places higher sentencing tariffs for crimes of assault against emergency services workers. While undoubtedly a control measure which primarily seeks to deter
Leadership Commitment to the Hospital Violence Reduction Project Sometimes in the hospitals we visit, nursing staff do not feel that they have the full support of the organisation in managing incidents of violence or aggression in their work, even though there is an active Hospital Violence Reduction Project in play. This situation is underlined by situations seen on a
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