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QUESTION: Are there any agencies that provide training for lifting, transfers and positioning? Would any agencies be willing to share the training curriculum for these areas? Our agency has worked cooperatively with one of our local nursing homes to have their Physical Therapists include our staff in a competency based lifting in-service. *** Cooperative school services in your agency's community may have videos and training that they would share on transfers and lifting. The cooperative in our agency's area has a lending library. *** Our agency uses the "Basics of Safe Lifting." *** Please see the attached "Proper Lifting Techniques" and "Lifting and Transfers" training documents. This information is a compilation of suggestions, ideas, and opinions shared by INARF Members in response to the featured question. This information should not be considered official interpretation or guidance of State or Federal Policy. Additionally, statements within this document do not necessarily reflect an official position or opinion of INARF.
Our agency has worked cooperatively with one of our local nursing homes to have their Physical Therapists include our staff in a competency based lifting in-service.
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Cooperative school services in your agency's community may have videos and training that they would share on transfers and lifting. The cooperative in our agency's area has a lending library.
Our agency uses the "Basics of Safe Lifting."
Please see the attached "Proper Lifting Techniques" and "Lifting and Transfers" training documents.