Chapter 16 NBCOT Mastery of Environment Eval and Intervention Flashcards
(42 cards)
Know the following environments
- Physical
- Sensory
- Social
- Physical - Everything non human (buildings, objects, tools, devices, animals, trees)
- Sensory
- Visual: lighting, colors, clutter
- Auditory: loudness of radios, loudspeakers, classroom noise
- Tactile: room temp, seating textures
- Olfactory: pleasant or offensive odors.
- Gustatory: pleasant or offensive tastes
- Social-cultural
- social roles: (student, parent. worker)
- Social network: social relationships
- Cultural aspects: structures, values, shared by a people
- Psychological aspect: environmental characteristics that can effect mood and stress.
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ADA
Civil right s law aimed at allowing full participation in society fo rpeople with disabilities.
- accessible environments
- policies for employment, public accommodations and public service
IDEA
- Mandates that children with disabilities recieve education in the least restrictive and most natural enviroment.
Universal design principle 1
- The design is useful and marketable to people with diverse abiliteis
- provide means of use for all users. avoid segregating or stigmatizing, privacy security, and safty for all users. design appealing to all users
Universal design principle 2
- accommodates a wide range of individual preferences adn abilitities
- provide choice in method of use, accommodate ri or left handed access, facilitate user accuracy , provde adaptability to the user’s pace
Universal design principles 3
design is easy to understand, regardless of experience
eliminat unnecessary complexity, consistent with user expectation and intuition
universal design principle 4
design communicates necessary info
uses different modes, pictorial, verbal, tactile, make essential info clear
if an individual with a disability is to be discharged hom, a home eval should be done….
before the discharge date
types of performance skills to assess when conducting an environmental eval
- sensory skill - tactile, sensation
- visual -perceptual processing skills - to assess difficulties interacting with environment
- Musculoskeletal skills - coordination, tone, to assess mobility in environment and object manipulation
- Cognitive skills - to assess if person is away of limitations and able to problems solve
- Psychocsocial skills - social support, able to ask for assistance
Physical considerations
arrangement of furniture, accessibility of items, ease of use, workplace/houseing design, neighborhood accessibility
Characteristics of the home environment
- type of dwelling (2 story etc),
- driveway,
- level where person lives
- dwelling entrance (ramp, stairs, railing)
- number of steps
- width of elevator doorway, hallway, entrance (esp for wheelchair)
- presence of smoke detectors, space heaters, emergency
bedroom characteristics
- bed - size height, position
- side patient uses
- room for bedside commode
bathroom considerations
- number of bathrooms
- location
- width of doorway
- type of bathing the individual performs
- type of shower (tub shower combo, stall shower
- grabbars
- rental home?
- nonskid mats, in and around the tub
- throw rugs
- antiscald valves
- handheld shower
Kitchen Considerations
- location of meal prep devices
- accessible food, pots,
- countertop space
- direction of fridge opening, cabinetry
- fire extinguishers
- antiscald
fall statistics
- 30-50% of persons over 65 years old fall
- falls result in - fractures, increased caution and fear of falling, loss of confidence to function, increased risk of recurrent falls
Intrinsic Risk factors for falls
- vision - presbyopia, impaired depth perception, reduced night fvision and low light situations
- vestibula - vertigo
- neuromuscular systerm age related changes - decreased muscle fibers decreased stregth and endurance, difficulties in rising from a chair.
- disease - CHF, arrhythmias, hypotension, parkinsons’s disease, medication side effects, delirium, anxiety/depression, prior history of falls, fear of falling can lead to progressing deconditioning
Interventions to prevent falls
- eliminate/minimize fall risk factors (stabilize disease
- Improve functional mobility (stregthening exercises, conditioning exercises, PROM stretching, spedcividc coordination training. neuro muscular reeducaiton balance training, sit and statnd positions, stantic and dynamic, surning, walking stairs, transfer training, bed mobility training, wheelchair safety, rfer to PT for gait training)
- sensory compensations strategies
- modify activities
- teach energy conservation techniques
- modify environment to reduce fall s and instability (lighting, contrasting colors, declutter, railings on stairs, grab bars in bathroom. non skid mats
- placing frequently used items near
- outline safety guidelines to follow
- check for dizziness that may have precedes the fall
Wheel chair dimensions and accessibility needs
wheelchairs are 24”-26”
- minimim doorway clearance
- allowance for door swing
- min hallway clearance
- turning clearance
- max height for reaching sideways
- max height for countertops
- parking spaces
- ramps min width
- slope standards for ramp
- minimim doorway clearance- 32”
- allowance for door swing - 26” needed beside the door to allow for swing
- min hallway clearance - 36”
- turning clearance - 60”x 60”
- max height for reaching sideways - 48”
- max height for countertops - 31”
- parking space - must have adjacent 4’aisle
- ramps min width - 36” wide
- slope standards for ramp - 1in rise:1foot long
Assessments for wheelchair Client factors
- sensory
- neuromuscular
- musculoskeletal
- cognition
- psychosocial
- sensory - sensory loss places the persona t risk for the development of decubiti, need for a seat cushion
- Neuromuscular - sitting posture, need for a seating application/positioning. Poor trunk control requires postural supports
- Musculoskeletal - physical limitations, compromised respiratory status may impede mobility, requiring a powered wheel chair.
- cognition - deficits in cognitive fun impede ability to operate powerred devices
- psychosocial - availability of social supports to assist with transportation and transferring to the wheelchair.
Assessment for Wheelchair contextual assessments
- physcial environment
- building characteristics of school, work, leisure, and/or worship.
- Physical environment - areas of travel and sheelchair use, surfaces and terrains that will be traveled on, indoors/outdoors
- Building characteristics - doorways, hallways, restrooms, workspace design, parking,
Assessments for wheelchair characteristics (wheelchair types)
- control mechanism
- feature
- propulsion method
- control mechanism - types of brakes, anti tippers
- features - lap tray, cushion, backpack, means for holding personal items, racing model for athletic individuals.
- propulsion method - onearm drive, use of hand rim projections, motorized, use of lower extremities to propel.
Wheelchair assessments and developmental considerations
- Transportability to, from, and to school
- Allowance for adjustment when growth changes are experienced
- allowance for use of ther adaptive equpment (computer, augmentative communications)
- Facilitation of social acceptance
Standard dimensions for wheelchairs
- adult
- narrow adult
- slim adult
- hemi/low seat
- junior
- child
- tiny tot
seat width seat depth seat height
- adult - 18” 16” 20”
- Narrow adult - 16” 16” 20”
- slim adult - 14” 16” 20”
- hemi/low seat - 17.5”
- junior - 16” 16” 18.5”
- child - 14” 11.5” 18.75”
- tiny tot - 12” 11.5” 19.5”
Bariatric wheelchair considerations
- bariatric client center of body mass if positioned several inches forward. the rear axle is displaced forward in comparison with the standard wheelchair
- adjustable backrest to accommodate excessive poterior bulk
- reclining wheelchair to accommodate excessive posterior bulk.