How a Personal Support Worker Uses CPI Training to Increase Home Visit Safety (Unrestrained Ep 75)

On episode 75 of Unrestrained, a CPI podcast, personal support worker and CPI Certified Instructor Walter Comer of Canada's Victorian Order of Nurses talks about how CPI training helps him and his colleagues maximize home visit safety during visits to people in need, including those living with Alzheimer’s/dementia, families with members on the autism spectrum, new moms, and other people requiring assistance. (Check out the blog that accompanies this podcast! https://www.crisisprevention.com/Blog...)

In my interview with Mr. Comer, you’ll learn:
• A few key facts about the remarkable history of the Victorian Order of Nurses (2:45)
• The essential role that Canada’s personal support workers (PSWs) play in helping to maintain public health (9:58)
• Why CPI physical skills are critical to PSWs (13:24)
• How a student of Walter’s used CPI physical and verbal skills to avoid injury when a client put her in a hold (14:09)
• How Walt’s belief in and capability facilitating CPI training has helped it spread through Canada via the VON (16:43)
• Why Walter finds CPI’s Verbal Intervention™ Training indispensable and “fantastic” (19:30)
• Why Walt loves the work he does now and how it is the culmination of his identity (21:30)

“CPI is a course that is very important to us because it helps us protect our nurses and protect our PSWs, so they don’t get hurt on the job.” — Walter Comer

Further Listening
After you enjoy Walter Comer’s interview, check out episode 73 of Unrestrained, How Training Can Help Prevent Workplace Violence in Healthcare Settings, featuring CPI president Susan Driscoll. According to Ms. Driscoll, “We are experiencing an unprecedented time of workplace violence in healthcare.” In the interview, she describes 7 meaningful steps healthcare organizations can use to curb workplace violence. https://www.crisisprevention.com/en-C...

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