The purpose of this paper is to explore occupational health issues among employees of home care agencies. Results of a survey of 892 office and visiting employees of three not-for-profit home care agencies and focus group discussions show that employees of home care agencies experience high levels of stress, tiredness and exhaustion. This work-related stress is most acutely felt by those in managerial occupations, nurses and therapists. When compared to findings from the Canadian National Population Health Survey, employees of home care agencies are found to be significantly more likely than all working women to suffer from allergies, asthma, arthritis or rheumatism, back problems, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, and work-related injuries in the past year. Many employees of home care agencies suffer pain or discomfort in several body locations. Visiting employees of home care agencies suffer from sprains or strains, dislocations, fractures, and bruises as a result of lifting or moving clients, bending or straining, accidental falls, repetitive motion injuries, and motor vehicle accidents. Home care office staff suffer from repetitive strain injuries and respiratory illness. Implications for policy and research are discussed.

Wild mammals sometimes need to be restrained for conservation purposes. Game rangers, wildlife managers, field biologists and wildlife veterinarians need to be fully conversant with a wide array of environmental and biological variables when using chemical restraint on wild mammals. In order to minimize risks to subject animals, they also need to be able to react appropriately using the correct equipment with sufficient skill to deal with anything that can go wrong. The importance of thorough background research and planning before going into the field cannot be overemphasized. The physiological results of immobilization drugs delivered by dart depend on dosages, the success of dart placement and drug delivery in good muscle, as well as the physiological state of the animals prior to and during anaesthetic induction. This paper describes the essential components of a planning and monitoring protocol for chemically restraining terrestrial mammals under field conditions.

Approach and landing are the phases of flight most associated with accidents and near accidents, especially when external visual cues are sparse. At what is now Australia's DSTO Aeronautical Research Laboratory, research on ways of reducing the hazard incidence resulted in the development and testing of several ground-based visual approach slope indicators. The T-VASIS landing aid was an outcome of this work, T-VASIS, which has been in international use for over twenty years, is now under potential threat of displacement by PAPI which is a more recent UK development. The research which led to the implementation of T-VASIS is described here, along with subsequent events leading to the introduction of PAPI to Australia. A glossary of abbreviations is included at the end of the paper.