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Document ID (ISN)109441
CIS number 09-374
Year 2008
Convention or series no.
Title Home care
Original title Aide à domicile [in French]
Thuiszorg [in Dutch]
Bibliographic information Service public fédéral Emploi, Travail et Concertation sociale, rue Ernest Blerot 1, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium, 2008. Folder containing several booklets and leaflets. Illus.
Internet access http://www.emploi.belgique.be/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=19680 [in French]
http://www.werk.belgie.be/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=19444 [in Dutch]
Abstract This folder consists of the guide for the participative identification of hazards (Dépistage participatif des risques, Déparis) adapted to the home care sector. It contains the following documents: booklet presenting the SOBANE (screening, observation, analysis and expertise) strategy; leaflet inviting participants to attend a Déparis meeting; Déparis participative guide applied to the home care sector containing 11 tables addressing various aspects of the job; companion checklist to the Déparis guide enabling the identification of specific hazards faced in the homes of persons benefiting from home care; leaflet presenting the PROXIMA project on conditions of work in the home care sector.
Descriptors (primary) Belgium; conditions of work; hazard evaluation; social assistance services; workers' participation; safety and health meetings; domestic and related helpers, cleaners
Descriptors (secondary) occupational accidents; work organization; labour-management relations; fire hazards; physical workload; work posture; check lists; hours of work; work time schedules; premises; chemical hazards; terms of employment; physical hazards; explosion hazards
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceBelgium
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Domestic workers
Risk evaluation
Workers' participation
OSH training