Manual Wheelchairs - World Health Organization
Manual Wheelchairs - World Health Organization
Manual Wheelchairs - World Health Organization
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Summary<br />
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• <strong>Wheelchairs</strong> need to be provided together with services.<br />
• Existing rehabilitation personnel can be utilized to provide wheelchair services.<br />
• Integrating wheelchair services with existing health or rehabilitation services is recommended.<br />
• Where possible, the needs of users should be met at community level.<br />
• Wheelchair services facilitate the assessment of individual user needs, provide an appropriate<br />
wheelchair, train users and caregivers, and provide ongoing support and referral to other<br />
services.<br />
• Each user has a unique set of physical, environmental and lifestyle needs..<br />
• Groups of personnel involved in wheelchair service delivery include manufacturers and suppliers,<br />
referral networks and service personnel.<br />
• The main roles of service personnel are managerial, clinical, technical and educational.<br />
• Peer trainers play an important role in wheelchair provision<br />
• Wheelchair provision should be regularly monitored and evaluated, especially in helping to identify<br />
those areas that are successful and those that need to be improved.<br />
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