Topic: bariatric patients
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September 19 2019
Is your health care facility designed to cope with bariatric patients?
Health and social care environments that are not fit for purpose can increase the risk of musculoskeletal injury to the caregiver and the individual person.1 A multidisciplinary approach to risk management requires consideration of access, ingress and egress; circulation space; floor structure and loading.2
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October 17 2018
Check your weight bias
A pervasive devaluation of individuals with large bodies negatively impacts their physical and emotional health, according to a 2018 study on weight bias by Nutter et al.
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