About the concept
NIVA has introduced a new concept; a series of one-day thematic lecture seminars which will circulate in all the Nordic countries. The aim is to give national actors in each of the Nordic countries the opportunity to compare their own country's position and strategies with the similar practices and perspectives of other Nordic countries. Each of the seminars acts as an independent entity.

Nordic Tour 2011
Creating good practices for elderly care work

Course Leader: Leena Tamminen-Peter, PhD, T.P.T
Dr. Leena Tamminen-Peter has retired at the beginning of 2010 from her post as specialized research scientist at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. Over two decades she has dedicated her work to ergonomic prevention in the health and social care work. She has studies physical strain of health care workers and carried out several intervention studies in the health care sector. Dr. Tamminen-Peter has written the Finnish guide book of Patient Handling and developed the ergonomic teaching scheme of patient-handling in health care education, which is now published as the Finnish Ergonomic Patient Handling Passport.
She is a member of the European Panel of Patient Handling Ergonomics and belongs to the writing group of the Technical Report ISO/CD 12296 Ergonomics - manual handling of people in the health care sector.

Date and venue
to be announced later

Objectives
The aim of the seminar is to provide good practices and a multidisciplinary approach to managing the challenges in elderly care. The rewarding and positive features of elderly care work are discussed, as well as ways of promoting longer work careers and well-being at work.

The seminar introduces the concept of safety management in elderly health care, starting from the risk assessment process.

The following topics are included: physical risk policy and good environmental solutions / design, new technological solutions, healthy working hours, conflict management and client aggression.

Registration fee
EUR 150/seminar (includes course material, lunch and coffees)

Language
The language of the morning sessions is English. The language of the afternoon sessions is English and/or the national language.

Course leader
Leena Tamminen-Peter, PhD, T.P.T
Finland
Tel. +358 40 5447134
E-mail: leena.tamminen-peter@ttl.fi

Course coordinators
Zsuzsanna Renkó-Michelsén
NIVA
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A
00250 Helsinki
Finland
Tel. +358 30 474 2498
E-mail: zsuzsanna.renko@ttl.fi

Siv Jansson, NIVA
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A
00250 Helsinki
Finland
Tel. +358 30 474 2488
E-mail: siv.jansson@ttl.fi

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