Abstract
It is well documented that the successful rehabilitation of persons with disabilities
depends on a care plan process with the involvement of an interdisciplinary and multi
disciplinary team members. In Ontario, the traditional medical model of the health
care delivery system tends to shift toward the new contemporary style of program management
model.
In this environment of changes in the delivery of health care system, there is growing
attention in recent years to the actual measure of the quality of this care. As the
financial resources in the health care sector continue to sluink and the demand for
the high quality service level persists, a model for a clientcentred care plan appears
to be the trend of the 21st Century.
Buzz words such as wellness and holistic care indicate that the care plan must consider
the client as a whole person and not just a segment of the body parts. This paper
is intended to provide a practical outline of the prosthetic needs of the amputees
to enable the provision of a holistic client-centred care plan.
To ensure the client-centred care plan is responsive to the health care consumer,
the program management model must have some guiding principles that all stake holders
fmd it practical, meaningful and beneficial to the client's overall rehabilitation
needs.
Citation
From "MEC 95," Proceedings of the 1995 MyoElectric Controls/Powered Prosthetics Symposium
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: August, 1995. Copyright University of New Brunswick.
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