A Manual of Handling People - implementing a NO-LIFT APPROACH

by Kate Tuohy-Main M.C.S.P. M.A.P.A.

INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING BOOK (1999)

Now in its 2nd Edition - "Implementing a No-lift Approach".

Based on an international background in both education and experience, Kate Tuohy-Main presents a comprehensive manual designed to assist with injury prevention to health care workers and their clients. This systematic holistic approach to client assessment and the manual handling of people is fully illustrated. The contents of this manual will enable employers, supervisors and employees to identify, assess and control the risks involved with the moving and handling of clients in their care. This will assist each person to accept their duty of care and take responsibility for the health and safety of themselves and others in the workplace, thus fulfilling their legal responsibilities.

The aims of this manual are:

To provide a systematic assessment of the client - to decide the most appropriate way to assist them to move during all their activities of daily living
To give ways that the client can be moved, maximising the clients independence, bearing in mind that the safety of the client and their carers must be considered first.
To be a source of reference for any person working with other people who require assistance to move
To assist in the training of trainers in the art of manual handling
For mastery testing of staff in the workplace once they have received updated manual handling education