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New Post: Staff at Lutheran Home in Peoria drops resident from lift, resulting in fractured hip - IDPH has cited and fined the Lutheran Home nursing home in Peoria and a resident there suffered a fractured hip after being dropped from a mechanical lift. Used properly, a mechanical lift is a useful tool for caring for nursing home residents.  They allow residents to be moved safely from bed to wheelchair, wheelchair to chair or toilet, etc.  They allow residents to be moved safely while being bathed.  They also prevent injuries from being twisted while being moved manually.  They save wear and tear on the backs, knees, shoulder, and so forth of the staff and help prevent injury to staff as well.  Useful tools indeed! They key phrase in that first sentence of the paragraph above is "used properly."  When not used properly, they set the stage for serious injury to the resident.  Proper use includes having two staff members operate the lift (see here, here, here, here, and here for examples of what happens when one person does a two-person job); it includes safe operation of the lift itself (see here and here for examples of what happens when the lift isn't used properly); and it includes making sure that the lift itself is in good condition and that all of the slings and accessories are in good condition and appropriate for use (see here, here, and here for examples for when that is not true). Lift slings comes in different form and sizes.  There are different size...