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TABLE 5.14 F1NA.l\(CIAL msroav Financial History Yes Percentage No Percentage Breadwinner Before Injury 22 88% 3 . 12% Ability to Provide for theFamily 16 64% 9 36% Financial Assistance 4 16% 5 20% According table 5.14, (22) 88% respondents were breadwinners as compared to (3) 12% who were not breadwinners. The other amputees could provide for their families, that is (16) 64% as compared to (9) 36% who were unable to provide for their families. This indicates that financial assistance is a requirement, as amputees cannot work soon after injury. Even ifthey work they are not as productive as they were before injury. There is no governmental assistance except the disability grant. Those who had financial assistance (4) 16% were assisted by their families, which was proven by the fact that (9) 36% were not able to provide for their families at all. This is supported by Cooper (1999:18), who stresses that there is very little that has been done to support amputees financially. He adds that one thing that stands between the disabled person and abandonment is a disability grant. Cooper (1999:19) further adds that accessing a disability grant is a huge problem on its own. 5.5.7 ITEM 18 DlSABILIlY GRANT Inclusion ofthis item is essential because all amputees fall under the disabled group who are compensated with a disability grant. It is therefore important to identify whether all amputees receive a disability grant or not The disability grant is important even ifthe person is not a breadwinner, because the prosthesis and the rehabilitation aids undergo wear and tear and therefore need maintenance. 56
FIGURE5.4 . DISABILITYGRANT HISTORY EIRespondents Receiving DisabBity Grants EIRespondents not 56% Receiving Disabllity Grants Figure 5.4 reveals that (14) 56% amputees were not getting disability grants as compared to only (lI) 44% amputees who were getting disability grants. This shows that the majority of the respondents were not receiving the disability grant. The amputees who received the disability grant were assisted by the social workers who are part of the rehabilitation team. The amputees who were not receiving a disability grant had applied for the grant and were still awaiting for the response, which also takes very long. This statement is supported by Couper (1999:20), in that some people wait for years from the time ofapplication before receiving a disability grant. VOCAnONAL REHABILITAnON This item was included to establish the baseline data for vocational training by identifying amputees who were working before injury and amputation as wen as the type ofwork they were doing before amputation. Vocational training prepares the amputees to be gainfully employed either in sheltered employment or open labour market or return to the work that they were doing before injury. This helps the amputees to add to the disability grant that they are getting, which is very little. It also helps the amputees to survive and enables breadwinners to support their families while still waiting for a disability grant Mets and Wilson (1990) stress that the main aim of their rehabilitation centre in Cape Town is to prepare physically disabled persons for suitable employment in the open labour market. by training and educating them in the work place that resembles the realistic worksituation as much as possible. 57
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE The Titlefor
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DEDICATION This dissertation is wri
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• 1.1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 Reha
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1.6.4 Do amputees experience physic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Brink, H. 1996. Fun
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