How does hospitals provide services for people with physical impairments?
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Hearing… am certain hospitals have at least a fluent sign language staff member.\nVision… with tender care.\nOther limitations… staff is trained to deal with any situation.
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do you get disability?
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If you're in the U.S., you might contact your local disabilities office.  You might find assistance from DHR or Social Services.  If they can't assist you, they will know who can & will!  Bless you & good luck!
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Disabilities are varied and different. I am sure you aware that the late Christopher Reeve was Paralyzed, he had a physical disability. That is the most obvious of the disabilities. Others are Blindness, Deafness, Arthritis, etc. Then there are "hidden" disabilities i.e. Learning Disabilities such as Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD),there is also Mental Illness such as Depression, Bi-polar Disorder, etc. More than 10% of the US population have some kind of disability or another.
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I am not sure what you are actually asking.  Are you asking to find the definition to work out whose patient it is?  Whenever we have a patient who "overlaps" different facilities,  responsibilty for the administration is shared but treatment responsibility lies with where the client is actually located.\n\nI think that this should help\nhttp://www.direct.gov.uk/DisabledPeople/HealthAndSupport/YourRightsInHealth/HealthRightsArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4014771&chk=jVhUS1\n\nor this\nhttp://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidanceArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4133839&chk=RJV7mg
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I don't know about nursing homes ,but i do know the Dept of human services will pay for some one to care for handicapped and elderly.\nYou also might try in home health care agency.\nThe hospitals would be able to give you the name of agencies that do this also. If you are looking for a job or needing care for someone either one should be able to give you the information you need.\nI have worked for dept of human services so I know for sure they could help you.
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Physical therapy (also known as physiotherapy) is a health profession concerned with the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and disability through physical means. It is based upon principles of medical science, and is generally held to be within the sphere of conventional (rather than alternative) medicine. Physiotherapy is practiced by physiotherapists (also known as physical therapists, e.g. in the United States), though aspects may also be practiced under supervised delegation by physiotherapy assistants or other health professionals.
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The law requires the handicapped be accommodated by adequate facilities.  It doesn't require people to wet themselves waiting for a regular stall to open.  In my company everyone wants the "big stall" because you can stretch out.  You can also change in there if you are going to the gym after work.
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Motorized wheelchairs\nComputerized programs for the blind/deaf\nAdvances in medical science have been able to pinpoint causes of mental disabilities and therefore research more effective treatments and educational options.\nBionic limbs\nWorld media has a greater understanding, resulting in making buildings and businesses more easily accessible to the physically disabled
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Contact the hospitals.
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They have to be able to give physicals, that includes checking for scolyosis *spelling* and checking for any illnesses in ther reproductive organs. They also have to do the usual things like check for weezing and etc. \n\nThats about it really. The nurses do all the other stuff =P
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Not usually, but it can if the company is forced to make accomodations that requires them to make expensive changes  that forces them to lay off other employees. \n\nIt's definately good for people with disabilities, but not so good for the people who had to be laid off, but that's just a down side that can occur and is not usually true.
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RED CROSS usually does classes, or call a hospital or nursing home and ask them. Good Luck
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Nope.\nhttp://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/disabilities/fhefhasp.cfm
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Ok most public buildings in bigger cities are disabled friendly. All busses have a place for wheelchairs and seats for disabled. Most busses know "kneel" for people to rool on and off and the driver will help. Most comuter trains are made so you can get on or off. Some of the smaller towns and villages might not be so easy, because of cobblestones but even smallest places have ramps along with the stairs.
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A physical therapist helps people who are having a problem functioning.  It may be the inability to use the arm properly, to walk properly, to get out of bed, etc.  Maybe they are having problems functioning due to pain, weakness, or restrictions to motion.  It is our job as a physical therapist to evaluate the patient,  figure out why they are having difficulty functioning and then design and implement a treatment program to correct the problem.  \n\nSome of our treatments include strengthening, stretching, mobilizing a joint, modalities such as electrical stimulation,  neuromuscular fasciliation, development of orthotics, education about posture, massage and manual therapy techniques.  \n\nWe treat just about every different type of person: infant, children, adults, athletes, injured workers, people with neurological disorders.  Just about anyone who has a problem with physical functioning. \n\nA physical therapist can work in a private clinic, a hospital, with professional sports teams, in schools, hospitals and many other places.  \n\nWhat I like most about my job is the different types of people I meet.  I have had doctors as patients, children, a man who had West Nile Virus, an NHL coach, men who were present on D-day, one of the first female commerical pilots...all walks of life.  I have helped a woman learn how to walk after being in a wheel chair for ten years and then went through a surgical procedure to correct it.  I helped a woman run a marathon after she injured herself only weeks before.  It is all very rewarding.
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the best place to get that infomation is from organisations that help support disabled people and their carers - try asking your or their doctor about who to contact.