Care worker ʻnight of terrorʼ with patient ‘like a horror film’
Care Worker Protection With the clear direction imposed by Health and Safety statute and regulations, employers whose workplaces have risks of violence or aggression to staff are compelled to assess those risks, document the assessment process and its outcomes, create a policy and relevant procedures which detail risk-control measures which can include a wide variety of […]
Elderly Care and how to manage aggression and violent behaviour with restraint training
Managing Aggression in Elderly Care We have come across a solicitors case which neatly summarises our points to the management of care homes across the country, which we gratefully re-produce here for posterity: A 75-year-old resident in a care home suffered from dementia. Since arriving at the home four months before the assault, he had committed […]