Module 2 - Developing a Client Profile: Getting the Big Picture

Instructions: Download the case studies that are relevant to your clinical setting and then answer the questions below. You can also trial the sample Initial Interview Form with these case studies.

Case 1: Paolo, inpatient rehabilitation setting

Case 2 : Katherine, community setting

Case 3: George, community setting

Case 4: Ben, rural setting

Questions

1. What medical background and physical attributes can you identify from the information in the case study?

2. What might be the psychosocial status of the client?

3. List the activities of daily living of the client from the case study.

4. What information about these activities will be important in wheelchair and seating interventions?

5. What points would you need to note regarding the environments in which your client performs these activities?

6. Are there questions you would want to ask the client to gain any additional critical information? Whom would you consult?

7. If you have to refer the client to a specialist seating clinic, what will you include in the referral?

(Download printable version of the case study questions here)