Health and Safety Policies in a care Home A Health and safety policy undertakes general approach and agreements together with the ar-rangements employers will put in place for managing Health and Safety in their companies or Or-ganisations. A documented of Health and Safety is a legal requirement in every company in the United Kingdom. Health and Safety is applied when a company or an Organisation employs five or more people. All workers have a right to be protected from harm. A Risk assessment is the combined effort of identifying and analysing potential events that may negatively impact indi-viduals’ assets or the environmental while considering influencing factors. Risk Assessment could also be defined as a process of evaluating Risks to the Workers’ safety and Health from workplace Hazards (Graham, 1989). If a Risk assessment is not process or done well at the start of a Health Safety Management Ap-proach Health, the appropriate preventive measure is unlikely to be identified Bloor et al, (1992). A Hazard can be anything like Work Materials, Equipment’s, Work methods or Practices that has the potential to cause harm. However, Health and Safety documents covers critical safety and Health problems is a multidisciplinary field concerned that handled and allocated resources, this includes design, provision and maintenance of a safe place of work for all employees, includes all equipment’s and Machineries use for workplace, Health and Safety Policy covers an ongoing hazards identification and risk Assessments, the line management responsibilities and the prac-tices, procedures and the resources for the development and implementation, reviewing and maintaining the occupational safety and Health Policy. All the employees should be aware of their legal duties that are. 1- Common Law 2- Health and Safety at work Act 1974 3- Management at work Regulation1999 4- COSHH, Control of Substances Hazardous of Health 5- RIDDOR, Reporting of injuries Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 6- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 7- Fire Precautions Regulations and is the employer responsibility to display a certification of an employee liability and work. Every year thousands of residents are injured or die because of an unsafe Manual Handling practices or an unsafe environmental place. However, every member of the staff has a legal obligation for Health and Safety and might be found responsible for any accident that may oc-cur. I once worked in a Care Home which has 42 elderly residents with Dementia, Mental Health, and disabilities such as vision impairment, or mobility problem with only two Staffs in the day and in the night to manage them, you can imagine the amounts of accidents, inci-dents, and abused related death. Example neglect through lack of Food or Water, appropriate Clothing Hygiene, lack of assistance in bed, or moving around, lack of access to the toilet, not changing the resident pad. Neglect can lead to 1-deterioration in appearance or personal Hygiene 2-unhygienic or unsafe environment 3- Rases, sores and Ulcers 4- Unexplained weight loss and inadequate food or drink 5- Inadequate Medical Care. The identification of Risk factors for Disease is important for the prevention of Ill-Health and the promotion of good Health. Understanding people’s own perceptions of Risk and the con-texts within which their Risk-taking behaviours occur is important for Doctors and others who may be Assessing a Patient’s Risk of Disease. Disease that might cause by neglect such as not handling Fire in a proper way example: (letting Residents to smoke on their own without a staff supervision or even not assessing Fire safety in the building) or skin Disease from lack of Personal protections or Staffs refusing to wear the personal protection and preventing such things like this from happening is important in reducing the Disease for both the staffs at work, Residents, other individuals, and the Society. Risk-taking behaviours must also be ex-amined in the context of the individuals lives. Davison et al, (1991) Recognition of the Social context of Risk in terms of perceptions of Risk and Risk-taking behaviours, is important for Doctors as they become involved in Public Health and Health Promotion. Lack of social stimulation. All these kinds of Abuse through neglect caused by lack of enough Staffing at work and bad management, poor record keeping and lack of staff training. Every-day staffs are under pressure to perform tasks that lead them into frustrations, impatient, and anger on the elderly person whom they supposed to protecting. example getting resident up early at 5am, just to be able to complete their morning routines before breakfast, and the same with none stop breakfast to lunch, rushing the Residents to eat their Food, the probably putting them straight into bed after lunch. This is poor working practices, lack of supervision support and challenging working conditions. Staffs might not have the time to identify exam-ple when a Resident show a signs and symptom of dementia or other Illnesses which may af-fect their memory or ability to reason well, and causes unpredictable behaviour, has Commu-nication problems because of hearing, visual or speech difficulties. Resident might have be-haviour problems or major changes in personality which could result in repetitive behaviour, or aggression. When these happens, the Resident demand more care. Sometimes Female Resident are not comfortable for a Male to give them personal Care such as showering them or taking them into toilet, but this does not happen in a home like this. Staffs are working un-der pressure, and pressure lead stress in both Residents and Staffs. Stress occur when the demands made on a person are greater than their ability to cope. Stressors can be acute or chronic and people show great variation in their response to stressful situations. Risk assess-ment are required for activities that may expose your workforce to hazards, to assess how to reduce and control the risks as far as is reasonably practicable. Putting in place a suitable and sufficient Risk Assessment will give you a good idea of the Risks you and your team are ex-posed to, the controls currently in place, and further action required to reduced Risks to an acceptable level. Safeguarding is to prevent Harm and reduce the Risk of abuse and neglect to Adults in Care Home. In Health Care Professional, Career have duty of care to their Residents. Duty of Care mean that: • All reasonable steps have been taken appropriately. • Proper assessment plan and methods have been made and been used. • Ensure that all information have been gathered throughout evaluated and arranged in a safe manner. • Ensure that Decisions are recorded, communicated, and thoroughly evaluated. • Policies and procedures have been followed. • Practitioners and Managers seek to ascertain the facts and are proactive, in acting be-fore Harm occurs. Organisations and individuals should not be overly controlled in their views of Abuse or Neglect, however consideration of the circumstances of the individual case is what the matter. Abuse, Neglect, and poor practice in Care is caused accidents in many Care Institutions and lead to continuing Illness. Workforce Risk Man-agement Line Manager/ Supervisor as point of con-tact Talk to staff and action feed-back Risks As-sessment for Work-place, Workforce, and Indi-viduals Risk As-sessment for House-hold Chem-icals and Aerosol that can be flammable Moving and Handling Fire Safe, ty, Adult Safeguard-ing Train-in,Promomote Digni-ty, Fire Risk Assess-ment Record and track Staff Covid-19 status Identify team members that re-quire full risk Assessment and ensure one is carried out Key messages and Staff engagement from senior leaders recognising and validating concerns Assessing areas of po-tential exposure to Haz-ards, application of con-trol measures such as Hygiene, safe system of work, PPE, and training. all chemicals must be la-belled properly, and stored properly in a COSHH cupboard, Staff Risk Injuries such as back problems if training is not given. Identify Fire Hazards, identify people at Risk, identify POVA Identify Fire Hazar and prds Develop Operational Plans with focus on employee well-being in line with Risk Reduction framework. Feedback any concerns raised regarding PPE and ensure reduc-tion Engage Staff net-works and support them, listing to them, and feed-back to them Identify individuals with increased vulnerability, long-term illness, work related age and Preg-nancy, availability of ap-propriate Job adjust-ment and redeployment options. Away from direct sun-light and naked flame. Staff must be assessed on Manual Handling and be supervised for a good practice. Evaluate, remove, re-duce, and protect from Risk for Fire, report abuse Conduct individual Risk As-sessment and action in line with operational plans Feedback and concerns raised regarding PPE and ensure resolu-tion Utilise pulse sur-veys and other methods of gather-ing Staff feedback Risk assessment for Gender and Disability people. 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