GRT 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Physical Disability, Hearing Aid, Traffic Collision
20 Aug 2016
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Mobility and psychosocial health: physical mobility, transportation and driving. Mobility: movement that involves changing the body"s position, including moving the body as a whole. Is critical for the maintenance of physical, mental and social wellbeing. Transfers: involve a person moving between surfaces including the bed, chair, bathtub, shower, toilet, car. An individual may require absolutely no assistance with transferring. An individual might require supervision (someone to be present just in case there is a safety issue; no touching) Minimal assistance (hands gently on their back, supportive) Moderate assistance (hand on the person with a greater degree of control; doing a bit of work to help that person move up) Maximum assistance (heavy assistance with transfers; often more than one individual may be require. Total assist (someone is such a heavy assist that you would use an assistive aid to transfer the person like a mechanical or ceiling lift)
