The Ergonomic Databank for Social and Health Care

The importance of ergonomics in social welfare and healthcare is well recognized in Europe. There is a growing awareness of the need to apply solutions in the workplace in order to improve working conditions, reduce work-related accidents and improve staff's wellbeing: practical solutions based upon sound ergonomics.

These methods should reduce the risk for musculoskeletal disorders and accidents when working with clients as well as supporting the client in maintaining their functional ability as long as possible.

A consortium of partners from Finland, Greece, Sweden and Estonia are working together to define the problems of the nursing and care work methods used when assisting clients with their ADL. Proposed solutions will be registered in the ErgocareBank.

The ErgocareBank will present techniques according to safe patient handling guidelines for both educational facilities and workplaces and these will be made available for students, teachers and workers.

The ErgocareBank project is funded by the European Commission within the Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong Learning Program.

You can find the project's leaflet here.