The five common sources of patient and resident stress are isolation and loss, social pressure, physical or mental issues, forced independence, and relocation.
lack of family support, social situations, physical or mental issues, forced independence, and relocation.
isolation and loss, social situations, physical or mental issues, loss of independence, and relocation.
lack of family support, social pressure, physical or mental issues, forced independence, and relocation.

It starts with commitment. the health and safety policy is the commitment by the employer to provide and maintain a safe workplace. the commitment of the workforce is also a necessary component.when the workplace parties sit down to develop an ergonomic approach to patient handling, they will develop terms of reference that set forth how the health and safety committee will function in approaching this problem and reach its goal of reduced injuries.in general, a safe patient handling program will involve the following steps: management approval and commitment to develop and implement a patient handling program.perform a needs analysis.create and standardize patient assessment criteria.develop decision trees to standardize actions.determine which controls are needed to implement specific tasks or patient needs.institute a "no-lift" policy, where possible.

Force and balance. you get agility from balance and the force you use, and leverage can only be attained by using the force to get it. hope that