RAISE
Risk Assessment for moving Individuals SafEly (RAISE) - optimising staff and patient safety
The RAIL Research Centre has been awarded a $1.44 million NHMRC Partnership Project grant (2025–29) to improve safety for staff, patients, and residents during assisted movement in hospitals and aged care. Partner organisations include La Trobe University, Cabrini, Eastern Health, Monash Health, and St. Vincent’s Health. The RAISE program embeds dynamic risk assessment into manual handling training, which is currently missing from most training programs in Australia. RAISE combines a 4‑hour workshop, bedside mentoring, and cultural change support. The project will adapt, trial, and expand RAISE across our four partnering Victorian health and aged care services.
The research team
Lead Chief Investigator:
Other Chief Investigators:
Professor Nicholas Taylor (La Trobe University and Eastern Health), Professor Helen Rawson (School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University), Dr Helen Kugler (Cabrini Health), Professor Alex Collie (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University), Associate Professor Christina Ekegren (RAIL Research Centre, Monash University and NCHA), Professor Keith Hill (RAIL Research Centre, Monash University), Professor Terry Haines AM (Head of School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University), Professor Jessica Kasza (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University), Dr Amelia Crabtree (Epworth)
Project manager: Dr Sara Whittaker (RAIL Research Centre, Monash University)
Partner organisations and health services:
Funding
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnership project (ID 2043935), 2025-2029
