A new screening tool for adaptive wheelchair seating

Gavin-Dreschnack, Deborah

doi:10.4017/gt.2002.02.01.097.00

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“…For example, residents often lose functional mobility rapidly (Slaughter et al 2011). Up to 70% of nursing home residents use wheelchairs (Gavin-Dreschnack et al 2005;Wick and Zanni 2007;Hirdes et al 2011;Giesbrecht et al 2017), putting them at high risk for injury from falls, incontinence, pressure injuries and pneumonia (Slaughter et al 2015). (Kua et al 2014;Haaksma et al 2018).…”

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Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada

Estabrooks

Straus

Flood

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The Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 was formed in April 2020 to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19. The Task Force established a series of working groups to rapidly develop policy briefings, with the objective of supporting policy makers with evidence to inform their decisions. This paper reports the findings of the COVID-19 Long-Term Care (LTC) working group addressing a preferred future for LTC in Canada, with a specific focus on COVID-19 and the LTC workforce. First, the report addresses the research context and policy environment in Canada’s LTC sector before COVID-19 and then summarizes the existing knowledge base for integrated solutions to challenges that exist in the LTC sector. Second, the report outlines vulnerabilities exposed because of COVID-19, including deficiencies in the LTC sector that contributed to the magnitude of the COVID-19 crisis. This section focuses especially on the characteristics of older adults living in nursing homes, their caregivers, and the physical environment of nursing homes as important contributors to the COVID-19 crisis. Finally, the report articulates principles for action and nine recommendations for action to help solve the workforce crisis in nursing homes.

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Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada

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Straus

Flood

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“…Although at least several studies reported 40-80% of nursing home residents (wheelchair users) who need for some type of seating intervention for increased mobility purposes. Moreover further research indicate that use of wheelchairs and seating systems do not fi tting the individual needs, a lot of problems can become evident: pressure ulcers, diffi culty in propulsion, discomfort, dysphagia, falls, and decreased quality of life (Gavin-Dreschnack et al, 2005). Thus described therapy resulting from improper wheelchair fi tting may be additional limitation, decreasing of patients quality of life, and cost generated by improper wheelchair fi tting.…”

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“…Role of aforementioned research, particularly in long-term rehabilitation and care, may be hard to overestimate, influencing both independence, mobility, quality of life, and even, as a consequences, mortality and cost of the therapy in disable people and elderly people. Newest tools, including Seating Identifi cation Tool (SIT), Resident Ergonomic Assessment Profi le for Seating, and Wheelchair Seating Discomfort Assessment Tool, help to assess selected possible risks in a quick, easy to use, reliable and valid way (Gavin-Dreschnack et al, 2005;Miller et al, 2004;Crane et al, 2005). But no doubt outcomes of clinical trials should be involved into strategic planning for both the home therapy and care, and institutionalized therapy and care.…”

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Harmful results of improper fitted wheelchair – case study

Mikołajewska

2017

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Wheelchair is perceived basic orthopaedic equipment, both for permanent and temporary use. Proper wheelchair fitting, and correct education of both medical staff, patients, and their families/caregivers may influence increased awareness of threats, limitations, and results of incorrect patient’s positioning in wheelchair. Basic knowledge and experience may significantly reduce consequences in aformentioned area, and influence to shorter and more effective therapeutic process. Aim of this paper is to discuss possible problems resulting from improper wheelchair fitting on the basis of presented case study, explore the relationship between improper wheelchair fitting and limitations of wheelchair users independence, mobility, and life quality based on own experience and propose solutiopna and direstions of further research.

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A new screening tool for adaptive wheelchair seating

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Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada

Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada

Harmful results of improper fitted wheelchair – case study

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