L’Araba Fenice: il caso di Ermanno

Record number: 285
Last update: May 2013
Type of document: Thesis
Author: De Marchi C
Editorial data: Tesi Corso di Perfezionamento "Tecnologie per l'Autonomia". Università Cattolica e Fondazione Don Gnocchi, a.a. 2008-2009
Year of publication: 2009
Abstract:
(text automatically translated from Italian) ***Ermanno is in haemodialysis gives approximately 25 years and has to the shoulders two kidney transplants. Even if in last the ten years the motor panel is gotten worse, never it has not gotten lost of mind and in order to catch up the independence it has used varied strategies with the scope to improve its functions and to render the environment facilitating the requirement to interact to social level. The assistive devices have been many ***dal the stick to complicated technologies more like the useful PC not only for its job (technical of the sound), tu also for all the services which it can be approached without transfers difficult to realize. The use of the manual wheelchair is by now permanent from three years. Modifications acclimatize them of the apartment in rent have not been resolutive and have facilitated above all the environment bath. In the quarter the external spaces partially are modified in order to allow the passage of one later on wheel chair on the sidewalks to one demanded to the Common one of the residence place. This my work has as project the realization of ulterior improvements inside of the house (kitchen, bedroom, bath) is like access is like facilitation for the performance of the activities of daily life (***ADL). Moreover in order to favor the necessity of ***Ermanno of independence in the external movements, hardly the practicability of the quarter will render it possible, will be proceeded to the prescription of the electronic wheelchair, valid also for ***preservare the little residual functionality of the upper limbs. Currently only part of this project has been realized tu the up to now carried out modifications has already allowed to ***Ermanno an improvement of its quality of life and a decrease of the charitable load.
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