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Case study - David Park son - Work health and safety checklist

David is a 60-year-old man who has lived in a housing commission property in New South Wales for the last 5 years. The property is located on the main road and it is the corner house on top of the hill. The house number is broken.

David has a history of depression along with multiple medical conditions. David prefers to stay in bed and does not want to be involved in any activities and is refusing all medications. Case manager (Lily) and David's family are very concerned and worried about this ongoing issue.  The council managing his accommodation has received several calls from neighbours over the last week complaining that David's house has developed a strong smell, rubbish is strewn around the front garden and he is putting the rubbish bin out on the street naked. The accommodation service has asked David's case manager to call in and check on him daily. The case manager has been unable to get David to agree to take his medication. Lily recently went on maternity leave.

You are working as a personal support worker for David. You have visited David's house and conducted a home inspection of David's house.

David lives in a 3-bedroom brick single story house with a small backyard. The front entrance is small with no security door. The rooms are too small and cluttered. The family room carpet has urine and faeces stains. There is no garage in the house and the front pathway is broken as well.  There is excessive grass in the front garden.

There are food scraps lying on the floor in each room. Kitchen bins are overflowing, and the fire alarm is broken. David makes his tea and coffee once or twice in a day using the electric kettle, but the kettle's electric wire is twisted and quite old. No security alarms are installed in the house. The toilet seat is broken. Mould and fungus are growing on the shower screen, the hot water taps are leaking in the laundry and the kitchen sink is overflowing. David smokes inside the house, 1 packet/ day and he has two cats in the house.

David's medication is lying in a basket in the kitchen. Packets are scattered on the kitchen benchtop. David has a broken washing machine in the house and he never washes his clothes, so his clothes are lying dirty on the floor.

Question - Write an evaluation report to your case manager about the hazards identified with any recommendations for improvement. Your report must include any infection control, hazardous manual handling tasks and any PPE requirements addressing to Lily.