Wheelchair Seating
To make an appointment please call: 781-348-2597
To provide for a comprehensive interdisciplinary assessment of a client's wheelchair, positioning, and mobility needs. Proper positioning equipment or wheelchair adaptation may be recommended. All of the following areas are addressed to ensure an optimal recommendation to the physician or insurer.
- Diagnosis
- Home environment
- Activities of daily living (incl. transportation, vocation)
- Medical and physical status
- Cognitive/perceptual status
- Hours spent in wheelchair
- Range of motion and strength
- Skin - integrity and sensation
- Transportation (method & level of independence)
- Ability to perform pressure relief
- Mobility status
- Sitting posture
- Current equipment (age and condition)
- Method of transporting mobility device and need for modification
- Other accessories (oxygen, ventilator, communication system, computer, or access switches)
We will provide a comprehensive assessment to the referring physician and to the insurer in order to facilitate the wheelchair production, adaptation and / or equipment needs.
We can evaluate / assess and help justify the need for a:
First time wheelchair purchase
Re-assessment of existing wheelchair adaptation
Equipment customization
Available Companion Services
Spasticity and Tone Management
Bracing & Orthotics
Locations
You may call our Wheelchair Clinic at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital directly at: (781) 348-2597
South Shore
Braintree
Southeastern
Plymouth
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