title: Rehabilitation strategies enhancing participation in shopping malls for persons living with a disability.
abstract: After rehabilitation, it is not clear the extent to which persons living with a disability return to their former activities in the community, such as going to shopping malls. Rehabilitation professionals are faced with the challenge to adequately prepare their clients to resume community participation. The purpose of this study was to identify rehabilitation strategies aimed at preparing clients to engage in activities in shopping malls.
  
  
  
  Twenty-two participants including 16 rehabilitation clinicians and 6 persons living with a disability participated in four nominal group sessions. Participants were questioned on current or potential rehabilitation strategies carried out to enhance participation in shopping malls for persons living with a disability. Discussions were audio-recorded and qualitative content analysis was conducted.
  
  
  
  Participants mentioned strategies that were either carried out by the clinician, or in collaboration with other parties. The latter type of strategies was either carried out with the collaboration of the client, the interdisciplinary team, the relatives, or community organizations.
  
  
  
  Rehabilitation clinicians have a role to play in preparing persons living with a disability to resume activities in a shopping mall. Additionally, therapeutic interventions in community settings may enhance the participation of rehabilitation clients in their everyday activities. Implications for rehabilitation Many strategies are currently used in rehabilitation to prepare persons living with a disability to resume shopping activities. Clinicians could implement shopping-oriented rehabilitation strategies with the client and/or with other rehabilitation partners. Involving clients in activities related to shopping might enhance their participation in shopping malls after rehabilitation. Rehabilitation clinicians can be facilitators for people living with a disability to reach optimal participation.
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) , Montréal , Québec , Canada.|b School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada.|c Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval , Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital , Laval , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alary Gauvreau
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) , Montréal , Québec , Canada.|d School of Rehabilitation , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Dahlia
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6872-6607
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kairy
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) , Montréal , Québec , Canada.|c Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval , Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital , Laval , Québec , Canada.|e School of Physical & Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0557-2457
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mazer
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) , Montréal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Andréanne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guindon
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) , Montréal , Québec , Canada.|b School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Guylaine
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2760-917X
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Dorze
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003256:Community Participation; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Rehabilitation; disability; intervention; participation; shopping; strategies