Home adaptations for persons with chronic disabilities: an educational model.
This paper offers a method by which to train students in the provision of culturally relevant, in-home environmental adaptations for persons with chronic disabilities. On the basis of a theoretical framework, the student therapist learns about the client's life-style and offers adaptations that evolve from a collaborative problem-solving process. The training process has been developed and refined over a 3-year period. A case study illustrates the student's application of theory and practice and the outcome for the client of this service provision approach.
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Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Allied Health Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003154:Community Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States