In aged care work, injuries can often come from tasks like manually lifting patients from bed to chair, handling heavy objects or moving furniture. These may involve hazardous manual handling, which can lead to musculoskeletal disorders like sprains and strains to the back and shoulders. See ‘hazardous manual handling’ for detailed information.
The sheer medical advancement in the past two hundred years has dramatically increased people’s life expectancy worldwide. People are generally living longer lives and reaching
