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Post discharge use of bathing equipment prescribed by occupational therapists
— what lessons to be learned? | | Author(s) | Trish Wielandt, Kryss McKenna, Leigh Tooth |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 19, no 3, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 47-64 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Discharged patients ; Bathing aids ; Adaption ; Occupational therapy ; Australia. |
| Annotation | This paper reports the results of an audit of patients' use of eight pieces of prescribed bathing equipment eight weeks after discharge from hospital, and analysis of the reasons for their patterns of use. Participants were 64 Australians, discharged from a metropolitan hospital after treatment for a general medical condition or undergoing a surgical procedure, who had been prescribed one or more pieces of bathing equipment by an occupational therapist. The types of bathing equipment included shower stools, bath boards, non-slip mats and long-handled back brushes. Of 90 pieces of such equipment prescribed, an overall usage rate of 71.1% was found. Patients' perception of the benefit of the equipment, their involvement in its selection, whether they had received training in its use, and whether family members were present during this training were associated with equipment use. The need for a more patient-centred approach in the process of prescribing adaptive equipment is highlighted. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020521217 A |
| Classmark | LFD: MRB: 5SA: LOH: 7YA |
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