{"id":2403,"date":"2017-12-20T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safecarebc.ca\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:47:48","slug":"speak-up-to-prevent-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/?p=2403","title":{"rendered":"Speak up to prevent injury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melody Bi is a licensed practical nurse and has been a nurse supervisor for the past three years with the Greater Vancouver Community Services Society, one of the\u00a0largest community care service providers. The organization cares for 4,000 people annually, including elderly individuals with disabilities and those who require support to retain or regain their health and independence.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bjy6af.p3cdn1.secureserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/safeclienthandling-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7661\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When SafeCare BC announced a two-day pilot course on Safe Client Handling, Bi jumped at the opportunity. \u201cThe course was very good,\u201d she says. \u201cWe were taught some great tools to help us, including point of care assessment and mobility decision support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot allows SafeCare BC to test out the course content and make modifications based on the sector\u2019s needs. The Safe Client Handling training is designed for peer coaching, which means participants will take their learnings and share them with others in their organization. \u201cWe have geared this training specifically to home and community care,\u201d says Mavis Gibson, SafeCare BC\u2019s Acting Director, Workplace Health and Safety. \u201cAnd we are confident it will increase the awareness of how injuries can occur and reduce these injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Bi, the challenge is that some home care staff lack the awareness of the importance of reporting safety issues or changes in a client\u2019s mobility, or they are afraid of damaging relationships with their clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bi cited one example where a worker was manually lifting a client rather than having an assessment done to determine if there were options for safe handling equipment for the client\u2019s home. The worker did sustain an injury, and subsequently, an occupational therapist assessed the client and equipment was provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAny injury to our staff is concerning because not only is there an impact on the worker and their family, but it impacts our operations from a staffing perspective and means clients have to get used to different people,\u201d says Bi. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to taking what I have learned and sharing these strategies with my staff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melody Bi is a licensed practical nurse and has been a nurse supervisor for the past three years with the Greater Vancouver Community Services Society, one of the\u00a0largest community care service providers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"topic":[74],"class_list":["post-2403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-member-spotlight","topic-safe-handling"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-15 21:21:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403\/revisions\/2405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2403"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftopic&post=2403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}