I wonder whether any interested parties or community-based PTs would be
willing to help me with their help and advise on choosing tools which will
help to form part of and assessment programme for Older People living in
their homes.
We are in the process of change and are looking for useful, practical and
auditable methods of providing a service to people over the age of 65 who
will be referred to our service. From the PT angle I am considering the
'Elderly Mobility Scale' (EMS.) Smith (1995) and the 'Timed 'up-and-go'
measure', (Podsiadlo, 1989), as practical, time-saving, reliable measures
to take out into the community.
My remit is also to come up with tools which OTs and Nurses might wish to
use as well.
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if further info. is required.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Dez.
"One love!"
We're all a part of the process...:)
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