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Home safety assessment and intervention practice

Authors :
Rosemary Oliver
Pam Goldsilver
Linda Marshall
Teresa Chiu
Source :
British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. 10:144-150
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Mark Allen Group, 2003.

Abstract

This article will describe how occupational therapists in Toronto, Canada, use the Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation (SAFER) tool and the SAFER tool manual to conduct home safety assessments and interventions. Interview, observation and task performance are used by therapists to complete the 97-item SAFER tool, which includes intervention strategies such as client and caregiver education. Further developments of the SAFER tool will be briefly described. Key words: occupational therapy, community, environmental safety, assessment, treatment, intervention

Details

ISSN :
20599331 and 13548581
Volume :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........57d467345c54df505f4e9a6c3b60e504
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.12968/bjtr.2003.10.4.13554