Manual Handling Series

Module available until: 15 Nov 2026

Member Price: €20.00

Non Member Price: €70.00

Aideen Gallagher is an Occupational Therapist who has worked in moving and handling for the last 20 years.  She has been teaching health professionals how to ensure smart care solutions for their clients for the last 15 years.  She is the author of the Amazon #1 best selling book ‘The Manual Handling Revolution’ as well as her second book released in 2021, ‘SmartCare’.  Aideen is the creator of the SmartCare passport which was winner of the InnvoAGEING award for productivity in Aged Care in 2021.  In 2018, she was a finalist for the Safe Work Leadership award in NSW Australia.    Aideen is known in the field for her innovative teaching methods.  Her workshop and keynote presentations were voted best presentations at the National Back exchange Conference in the UK in 2019 and the average score across webinars and face to face workshops is consistently 9.2/10.

Find out more about Aideen and her work here: https://riskmanaged.com.au/

Part 1
Understanding the problem with Moving and Handling
Addresses top problems in this area; inefficiency, anxiety and challenging professional relationships.

Part 2
The process of identifying and solving problems in Moving and Handling
Common mistakes and how to avoid them

Part 3
How to support people in the process
Common mistakes that health care workers make in communication and professional relationships

Part 4
How to prescribe, use and justify equipment
Common Mistakes and how to avoid them

Videos (4)

Part 1 Moving and Handling Introduction (18 minutes)

Part 2 Moving and Handling for OTs (18 minutes)

Part 3 Moving and Handling: People (18 minutes)

AOTI_Webinar23_Part4_Equipment (16 minutes)

Documents

part-1-slides_1695138482718.pdf

part-2-slides_1695138482749.pdf

part-3-slides_1695138482780.pdf

aoti_webinar23_part4_equipment_1700139585793.pdf