{"id":2681,"date":"2019-08-28T11:56:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T11:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare?page_id=2681"},"modified":"2019-08-28T11:56:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T11:56:12","slug":"caregiver-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare?page_id=2681&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Caregiver safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Fira Sans',serif; color: #3c4858;\">To prevent muscle injury when moving and transferring your family member, it is important that you keep balance, back straight and neutral (body mechanics) according to the following instructions:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Fira Sans',serif; color: #3c4858;\">1. If there is an adjustable bed, whenever positioning your family member, the bed must be lifted at hips eight.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Fira Sans',serif; color: #3c4858;\">2. Keep your feet apart at a 60\u00ba to 90\u00ba, knees bent to ensure balance and stability.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Fira Sans',serif; color: #3c4858;\">3. When turning the patient, shift weight from the front foot to the back foot, bend your knees and keep back straight and neutral. The use of proper body mechanics helps prevent injury when handling patients.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[previous][next]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To prevent muscle injury when moving and transferring your family member, it is important that you keep balance, back straight and neutral (body mechanics) according to the following instructions: 1. If there is an adjustable bed, whenever positioning your family member, the bed must be lifted at hips eight. 2. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8U6vi-Hf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2681"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pope.esenf.pt\/intentcare\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}