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Risk and Safety in Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: A Narrative Intervention in Residential Aged Care

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Communicating Risk

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This chapter reports on an intervention that sought to enhance how safety is understood and communicated in residential aged care. Workplace safety in aged care is a growing concern internationally because the combination of older clients with increasingly complex health profiles and growing linguistic and cultural diversity among healthcare workers and their clients is raising the physical and psychosocial risks for both groups (Pearson et al., 2007).

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  1. University of South Australia, Australia

    Jonathan Crichton (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

  2. Macquarie University, Australia

    Christopher N. Candlin (Professor) & Arthur S. Firkins (Researcher) (Professor) &  (Researcher)

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Crichton, J., O’Neill, F. (2016). Risk and Safety in Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: A Narrative Intervention in Residential Aged Care. In: Crichton, J., Candlin, C.N., Firkins, A.S. (eds) Communicating Risk. Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137478788_4

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