Guides: Aged Care: Work Health & Safety

ebooks - Aged Care

How to Organize Yourself: Simple ways to take control, save time and work more efficiently. 6th Edition.(2019) How to Organize Yourself will help you to dramatically improve the way you work. With great tips on how to determine your goals, prioritize your tasks and manage your time, it also includes practical advice on how to: focus on the things that produce results; overcome distractions; build positive work habits; avoid information overload and make effective use of technology. Updated for 2019, this 6th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips to help you get organized, as well as content on how to deal with the ubiquitous presence of smartphones and adapt to the ever-increasing scope for interruption and procrastination in our 24/7 lives.
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.
Rush Hour. Don't Stress. just Do One Thing at a Time (2024) there is an anti-stress remedy for every situation. Even if all the demands that come crashing down on us constantly suggest otherwise, there is a simple solution for almost all problems. And that is: Let stress densely, relaxed you can do everything! We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance.

Books in the Library - Aged Care

Individual Support Worker (2020) Chapter 7 Chapt 7 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling

Research - Aged Care Industry Safety

Institute for Safety Compensation and Recovery Research - Aged Care Search on Aged Care Report results

Injury Hotspots - an Interactive Tool

Injury Hotspots
This tool provides an industry-wide snapshot of how people get injured at work, pinpointing areas on the body that are most likely to be injured.

Legislation & Standards - Aged Care

Standards Australia Help and Access > NMT This link opens in a new window A complete listing of all the Australian and New Zealand Standards that you require for your work and study. FAQ's to assist you are also to be found here.

Aged Care Quality Standards (2019)
Australian and other standards - Information sheet ( 2023) This information sheet helps work health and safety (WHS) duty holders understand Australian and other WHS standards. It provides information about how standards interact with the model WHS Act and WHS Regulations, and covers: What is a standard? Is conforming to standards mandatory? How is compliance with a standard relevant to the WHS laws? What if an approved Code of Practice refers to a standard? What if a standard is revised? Can international standards be used instead of Australian standards?
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 REPEALED see Work Health and Safety Act 2020 OHS - WA Western Australian Legislation
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996 REPEALED see Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2023 Western Australian Legislation
Safe Work Australia Act 2008 An Act to establish Safe Work Australia, and for related purposes
Work, Health and Safety Act (2020) - West Australia
Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2023 These regulations set the minimum requirements for specific hazards, work and administrative practices in relation to work safety and health.

Safetyhub WHS Videos

Safetyhub WHS Videos > NMT This link opens in a new window A large collection of workplace health and safety videos in a range of areas and occupations.

Online Videos - Work Health & Safety - Aged Care

Hazards and risks ch 2 (2016) Removing items that may be a risk in the workplace.
Manual Handling: Assisting Clients Safely (2016) Develop the skills to safely and effectively assist people to move more independently in a home care setting.
Manual Handling for Disability The trouble with manual handling injuries is that they tend to creep on the victim after years and years of improper practices. This manual handling for disability support workers training program deals with: • The specific laws of managing hazardous manual handling tasks • How to assess and control the risks • How to lift and carry safely
Point-of-Care Risk Assessments in Long-Term Care (2018) A point-of-care risk assessment is a strategy that prepares health care workers for any interaction by assessing their surroundings. This quick, methodical approach can improve their personal safety and the quality of care for their residents.
Too many workers face this every day. It's never OK. Work-related violence involves incidents in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work. This definition covers a broad range of actions and behaviours that can create a risk to the health and safety of employees. It includes behaviour sometimes described as acting out, challenging behaviour and behaviours of concern.
Wearing Personal Protective Equipment in Aged Care (2020) Video for Aged Care Workers which describes how and when to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as presented by Alison McMillan, Australia’s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer.
What is Duty of Care? Duty of Care vs Dignity of Risk (2015) Every day, workers in human services in Australia are faced with decisions where Duty of Care seems to apply. This video examines the vital differences between duty of care and dignity of risk

Websites - Aged Care

Aged care: Safety basics - Worksafe Victoria Understand and control the risks when working in aged care.
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation Policies, guidelines & position statements.
Code of Conduct for Aged Care – information for workers (2023) A Code of Conduct for Aged Care Aged care reform and the Code What is the Code of Conduct for Aged Care? Who is covered by the Code? What are your responsibilities? What are your provider’s responsibilities?
ComCare
Community support services occupational health and safety compliance kit How to control the risk of workplace injuries in the community support services sector.
Healthcare - Colour Code Warning System
Health care and social assistance (2018)
Home care occupational health and safety compliance kit (2011) How to control the most common hazardous tasks in the home care sector.
Implementation of work health and safety legislatin in Western Australia . (2023) Interpretive guidelines Interpretive guidelines provide guidance on how the regulator interprets key concepts of the WHS laws and sets out compliance requirements. They are designed to help Western Australian organisations and their associated workforces, including volunteers, understand the work health and safety laws.
Manual Tasks Guide for Carers (2014) Tips for carers on preventing musculoskeletal injuries from performing manual tasks.
Manual Tasks in Healthcare and Social Assistance (WA)
Nursing Home Hazards Kitchen Laundry Office Bedroom Maintenance Workshop Lounge / Activity Room Bathroom Sluice Room Garden / Grounds Nurse's Station Further Information Hallway / Corridor
Safe Patient Handling - ANMF Policy (2018) ANMF policy document on what nurses should and shouldn't do
Safety Signs
Supporting people with personal hygiene care: A health and safety solution Helping patients and clients with personal hygiene tasks like showering and going to the toilet can carry injury risks for workers. Workers may suffer strains to the back, neck and shoulders when bending, reaching, twisting and exerting high or unexpected forces.
Workplace Inspection Checklist for Hospitals (Vic)
WorkSafe - Dept of Commerce WA
WorkSafe WA - Diseases and Health
WorkSafe WA - Hazardous Substances