Safety in services delivered at home

Proactive planning is a precondition for safe social and health care services. Good safety culture reduces accidents, hazardous situations and disturbances and also improves the well-being of the personnel.

The supervisors and personnel of home care and other social and health care services delivered at home must take into account certain essential safety aspects.

Take care of yourself
Record the safety aspects in the client plan
Take the clients and their family members into account when planning, implementing and assessing the safety and security of the client’s everyday life.
Predict, prevent and report any occurrences of violence
Prevent falls in co-operation with other parties
Identify the risk factors of pressure ulcers
Remember hygiene
Ensure nutrition
Ensure fire safety
Identify the risks in the environment and operations
Report any hazardous incidents and disruptions
Ensure that information flows well between the parties
Ensure that your commute and trips at work are safe
Maintain safety culture.

Updated: Tue Dec 05 15:45:44 EET 2023