Show Accreditors your proactive attitude, boost your QI and staff training levels and improve resident comfort all in one!
Prepared by: Kirsty Masters
Presented by: Wellness & Lfiestyles Australia
Do you notice a worsening of contracture in your bed bound and CVA effected clients? Do families complain about the worsening pain, stiffness and lessening movement in their frail family members? Were your statistics for standard 2.1, 2.3, 2.8 or 2.14 less than optimal at accreditation? Passive range of movement programs (PROM) and training can improve all of these issues but we still commonly hear from care staff:
- We haven’t got the time
- I don’t want to hurt them
- I’m not trained to do that
This is why Wellness and Lifestyles have created the Passive Range of Movement training program.
What this training can do for you?
- Improve the ease and effectiveness for carers undertaking ADL’s through improved joint movement and muscle flexibility
- Decrease resident pain by increasing blood flow, lubricating joints and minimising contracture
- Address CI, staff development and education, pain management and mobility, dexterity & rehabilitation concerns for accreditation
- Educate staff regarding the need for PROM and ensure their confidence in delivering of PROM tasks
Included in this training is:
- Education regarding healthy and unhealthy muscles
- Directional and anatomic identifiers
- Step by step practical and verbal instruction in undertaking PROM
Who should use this training?
Nursing and care staff should undertake this training if they have residents who are bed bound, chair bound or have suffered a CVA/stroke. Every facility that has high level of care or nursing home residents would benefit from this training program.
In this day and age there is no reason our frail older populations should have to suffer the pain and indignity of contractures or avulsing muscles. There is no reason that care staff should have to struggle with ADL’s of the most basic sort. With a simple daily stretching program and the Wellness & Lifestyles Passive Range of Motion training, contractures can be a thing of the past.
