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Handling the Handicapped - Second Edition
ILC Reference NO 92:55:012
Item sourced from ILC ACT database
Short Description
A guide to the lifting and handling of people with disabilities, this book has been written primarily to demonstrate the correct manner in which people with disabilities should be handled, lifted and moved.
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This book emphasises the understanding required when assisting people with disabilities; gives advice on assessing the possible problems that might be encountered when lifting and moving; describes the different basic holds and lifts; and explains the techniques for transferring a person from one position to another.
It also contains a section on wheelchairs, hoists, beds and mobility devices, with recommendations on selection, installation and use.
The last section is concerned with the special techniques for assisting
disabled swimmers and riders.
The book has numerous photographs and is recommended for students, nurses, therapists, relatives and people with disabilities themselves.
Additional Comment
Publisher: Woodhead-Faulkner
Publication Place: 8 Market Passage, Cambridge CB2 3PF, UK
Edition No: 2nd
Year Published: 1980
ISBN No: 0 85941 118 4
Place Of Manufacture
CHARTERED SOCIETY OF P/TS, UK
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