Occupational Safety and Health in Aged Care

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Across
  1. 3. Working alone
  2. 6. The Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth) acts as a mechanism where the commonwealth controls the provision of residential care services by making subsidies and grants to providers.
  3. 8. Two carers arguing
  4. 10. Time Constraints
  5. 13. Something to do with needles
  6. 14. Education is important in ensuring that carers do not put patients safety above their own.
  7. 16. Manual handling refers to any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain a person.
  8. 17. Tripping over cables
  9. 19. Lifting someone out of bed
  10. 20. Employers have a duty to reduce any risk to a person arising from a hazardous substance.
Down
  1. 1. Putting someone into the bath
  2. 2. Reporting and investigation of safety incidents are the greatest areas in need of improvement.
  3. 4. A breach of a code of practice is not an offence.
  4. 5. There is a duty on employees to avoid adversely affecting the safety or health of any other person through any act or omission at work.
  5. 7. Policies should use plain English to ensure they are easy to understand.
  6. 9. Why is occupational safety and health in aged care a relevant topic?
  7. 11. Making a bed
  8. 12. Old person yelling at carer
  9. 15. Cleaning products
  10. 18. Time constraints create pressure for carers.