Ergonomical guide for personal assistants
Butrón Villanueva, Itzel (2020)
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202003123372
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202003123372
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Ergonomics is an important topic for every profession, even more in health care where musculoskeletal disorders are the most common reason for sick leaves and early retirement. Education on the subject, has also prove to reduce the number of sick leaves and the costs related to them.
For that reason, this thesis aims to prevent injury in health care professions, especially personal assistance and at the same time reach the foreigner work force in Finland who does not have access to most of the information because of the language barrier. In this thesis, the most common movements in which clients need assistance are explained based on literature and with techniques to facilitate those movements.
The outcome of this thesis is a short manual containing those methods and images than could serve as a guide at work.
For that reason, this thesis aims to prevent injury in health care professions, especially personal assistance and at the same time reach the foreigner work force in Finland who does not have access to most of the information because of the language barrier. In this thesis, the most common movements in which clients need assistance are explained based on literature and with techniques to facilitate those movements.
The outcome of this thesis is a short manual containing those methods and images than could serve as a guide at work.