Most older nurses have some degree of back problem (my wife is one of them)....years ago there was not the equipment or suitable training and they were used as 'cranes'.
Unless your mother had a specific work related injury it would be next to impossible to claim...there is also a time limit on claims. Maybe she should speak to a solicitor who specialises in these kinds of claims?If your retired mum had spine trouble from lifting heavy patients for 40 years as a nurse, would you advise?
Definatly,lots of people get compensation now for doing jobs that werent regulated properly years ago.She probably wasnt given proper lifting %26amp; safety training when she started the job.She could hav a free half hour with a solicitor 2 find out if shes got a good case.Theres nothing to lose doing that.
If she has retired and there is no documentation that she injured herself or was injured on the job, her chances of getting compensation are nill. Save yourself the money, aggravation and time
No as she would have been provided with the correct equipment and have had to completed regular moving and handling courses if she chose to follow procedure she would not have spine trouble.
Sorry to sound harsh but its true
honestly try it you will see i just don t want your mum to get her hopes up i know nurses who have been doing the job for that length of time and they received moving and handling training. People can give me all the thumbs down they want i am telling you facts it may not be the answer you want but its the right answer.I feel for you mother but theres little she can do now unless she can proove there was no training no available hoists and no help to aid her in the lifting of patients. which will be difficult but good luck all the same i hope you get something
I am afraid most people of 60 years have backache, it is among the commonest chronic conditions! It also occurs in people who have not worked a day in their whole lives.The onus would quite rightly be on her that she received a specific injury from specific activities that she was inappropriately forced to undertake, because of her work. The NHS is hard pressed enough without it's own staff trying to get money out of it!
Sorry to say no. Both my wife and my mother suffer from neck pain from nursing My mother over 40 years and my wife over 20 years it seems a common problem!
Legally impossible to prove that her back problems were caused by lifting patients.
I disagree w/ Dan's statement that nurses' back problems can be prevented by using proper body mechanics and equipment.
As a nurse, I've had to catch patients who who were falling out of bed, off the toilet or from a standing position. There is no time to ';gather equipment or use proper body mechanics'; in these type of situations.
Constant ';scooching'; patients up in bed an turning them for prevention of bedsores or hygienic care takes a toll on your back if you are doing it for 12 hrs at a time, despite proper body mechanics.
Please don't blame nurses for causing their own back problems. It is a hazard of the job.
Don't think Dan has the right answer when my wife was nursing there was no equipment for lifting other than the nurses bodily strength.Yes she should seek compensation I know many nurses from that era that have succeeded in claiming compensation,Good luck to your mum.
Look over Dan , Definitely she should get IHSS, and tell her it's her turn to be waited on but she don't have to feel like and invalent , YES mom get all that you are ENTITLED to and some 40 years who are you going to leave it too GET IT honey your son/daughter loves you and they are looking out for you
I agree with Dr Frank, the onus would be on your mother to prove she was injured or disabled as a result of neglect on the part of the NHS and that would be very difficult to do.
I have to disagree with Dan however.Yes there is mandatory lifting and handling training; however the training of years gone by was totally inadequate for the job in hand. There certainly were not the hoists, Pat-slides and lifting equipment that there is now. I well remember being trained to use a procedure called the 'Australian lift'...now known to be actually dangerous to the person lifting. People injured in this way were 'following procedure'.
As Francis rightly says, nurses used brute strength to lift. Most nurses of my generation have some level of back injury or back pain, I know of very few who don't...it was almost classed as an occupational hazard amongst my peers.
I truly sympathise with your Mum but think it would be very hard for her to make a successful claim. If your Mum was a member of the RCN she could ask them for details of WING (work injured nurses group). They don't just deal with injuries but offer support to anyone left with health problems through nursing. Good Luck
hell yes
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