What is it about?
This article discusses the effects of bad posture, and offers advice on assisting resident to improve their posture and positioning.
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Why is it important?
Care staff have a vital role to assist residents to regain and maintain good posture.
Perspectives
The way we sit, stand and walk has a long-term effect on our musculo-skeletal system.
Mrs Julie I Swann
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This page is a summary of: Good positioning: the importance of posture, Nursing and Residential Care, September 2009, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/nrec.2009.11.9.43734.
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