Mobility

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

Unit Title: Support for mobility

Unit sector reference: HSC 2002
Candidate name: …………………………………………………………………………………
Answer the following questions, give examples where possible.

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|1.1 Define mobility.                           |Mobility means the movement of individuals from a particular place or position to another|
|                                               |whilst ensuring that their independence is maintained e.g. moving from a wheelchair to a |
|                                               |bed or moving from one bed position to another.                                           |
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|1.2 Explain how different health condition may |Stroke, Fractures, bone dislocations, muscles weakness or arthritis makes mobility very   |
|affect and be affected by mobility.             |difficut.                                                                                 |
|                                               |Stroke: Person with stroke lacks with good balance and have partial paralaysis on one     |
|                                               |side restrict person to mobilise and have major risk of falls.                           |
|                                               |Fractures: Person with fracture mean that it takes longer time to recover or sometimes   |
|                                               |become infected and does not allow person to mobilise...