DVM 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Medical Model, Pressure Ulcer, Deinstitutionalisation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 2110
• Professor: Sonia Gulati

Document Summary

Disability viewed as an illness, impairment or a medical problem. Supports interventions by health professionals with expertise to treat and fix the problem. Person with a disability seen as a patient expected to cooperate with treatment decision. Post- wwii model how to treat soldiers" ailments or disability to reintegrate them into society, Rehabilitation justified on economic grounds, they need to get a job. Greatest risk factor for developing a pressure sore is immobility, your restricting blood flow too this area by putting pressure on one region. Having a stroke, heart disease, heart surgery, dementia, and sensory deficits can cause immobility. Skin begins to break down, redness can start to occur in a couple of hours. You cannot cause it to yourself, it hurts too much, you naturally shift your weight all the time. Stage 4 is most developed stage, you can see underlying tissue, bone, etc. Contracture" structural changes such as ligaments shrinking, you can"t move your arm etc.