Mobility, Posture and Comfort

Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: Nursing Complex Needs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 328-347

  Hill, Sarah ^a   Goldsmith, Liz ^a  

^a The Sharratts ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care pathway in action; Care Pathway operating open door policy with regards to ongoing contact; Checklist to support safety planning; Families and PAs training and support for using equipment effectively; Identification of stakeholders and building relationships; Mansfield checklist of need for postural care; Mobility, posture and comfort; Person centred care pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890986644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301526.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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