Week 6 Flashcards
Rehabilitation
-Restoration to patients baseline
- Intervention at the person, environmental, and activity level
- focus on abilities
Health
- complete physical, mental & social well being
Disability
- component of health, rather than a consequence of disease
- determinant of health
- result of complex relationship between persons condition, person and external factors
- environment plays a role in terms of function
Nagi-Institute of Medicine Model (IOM)
disability is a gap between capabilities and demands of the environment
Equality
Everyone gets the same
Equity
People gets help based on need
Accessibility
Removing the barrier
Role of the Environment on Disability
-functional limitation will lead to greater disability in a less supportive environment
Models of Disability
- Early: disability is individual characteristic
- Current: interaction between individual and environment
Body Functions
physiological function of body systems
Body Structures
anatomical parts of the body
Impairments
problems in body function/structure as a significant loss
ICF
- scientific basis for understanding health states
- establishes a common language for describing health states
- used to frame assessments, practices, identify rehabilitation goals, develop treatment strategies, collect data
Activity
execution of a task/action by an individual
Participation
Involvement in a life situation
Personal Factors
include gender, race, age fitness, habits, coping styles, social background, education, profession
Environmental Factors
physical, social environment in which people live and conduct their lives
Activity Limitations
difficulties an individual may have in performing activities
Participation Restrictions
problems an individual may experience in involvement in life situations
Benefits of using common language
- info about:
-people with disabilities & their needs- problems in functioning
- effective interventions strategies for assistance, rehabilitation, prevention
