This guide proposes an approach and advice for choosing, acquiring or renting equipment that takes into account not only the technical requirements and expected uses, but also the health and safety of professional users.

This case study concerns the Residence Tarnos Océan home, an establishment of the European Association of the Physically Disabled, which welcomes residents in Tarnos, in the south of the Landes, who require assistance for most of the acts of daily life. The renovation of the site, based on an...

In this case study, ÉSEAN is an establishement welcoming teenager patients with a head halo. They undergo at least two transfers per day, between their bed and their walker. Although very brief, these operations are very demanding for the care teams and are sources of musculoskeletal disorders and...

Health Insurance supports employers in preventing low back pain at work and offers tools co-constructed with INRS. This sectoral memo sheet “Solutions to act against back pain” details the actions to be implemented to prevent back pain for employees in the personal assistance and care sector, and...

And what if the future was to stop carrying? The integration of technical aids in a global way in the activity of assistance and care for the person leads the profession to reexamine its practices. But this approach, which must be a long-term one, requires certain lines to be crossed. In both...