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Significance of Teaching Basic Physiotherapy Techniques to Non-Medical Workers in Rehabilitation Home or Center
Significance of Teaching Basic Physiotherapy Techniques to Non-Medical Workers in Rehabilitation Home or Center
Received Date : 05 Apr 2013
Accepted Date : 07 Nov 2013
Makale Dili: EN
ABSTRACT
The World Health Organization estimates that there are about one billion persons with disabilities worldwide (1). A disability may be present from birth, or acquired during a person's lifetime. Increasing number of diseases and trauma may increase the number of disabled person in the future. Disability affects hundreds of millions of families in developing countries. Currently around 10 per cent of the total world's population, or roughly 650 million people, live with a disability. Females have higher rates of disability than males. When most of us think of the word “disability” we immediately picture someone in a wheelchair. But there are many different types of disability. There are many other disabilities listed by medical professional such as people who are blind or partially sighted, learning or intellectual disabilities, who are deaf or hearing impaired, people with a physical disability, people with long term illnesses, people with mental health or psychological difficulties, people with an acquired brain injury and spinal cord injuries (5). Rehabilitation includes all measures aimed at reducing the impact of disability for an individual, enabling him or her to achieve independence, social integration, a better quality of life and self – actualization. Rehabilitation of a disabled person is best done in a tertiary level rehabilitation center or hospital where there is availability of a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team. But, the availability of such centers and affordability of disabled persons to go there for treatment and care is not a reality.