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Disability Referral
Aka: Disability Referral, Impairment Referral
- See Also
- Disability
- Impairment Evaluation
- Disability Evaluation
- Disability Management
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Assistive Technology
- Letter of Medical Necessity
- Activities of Daily Living
- Failure to Thrive in the Elderly
- Elderly Drivers with Cognitive Impairment
- Medication Use in the Elderly (Beers List, STOPP)
- Indications: Physical Therapy
- Adaption to new Impairment
- Significant balance or gait disturbance
- Ambulatory aid training
- Wheelchair (new, adjust seating and positioning)
- Significant strength or ROM Impairment
- Mobility or transfer difficulty
- Indications: Occupational Therapy
- ADL assistance
- Adaptation to new Disability
- Limited judgment regarding safety
- Splint or Orthotic fabrication
- Adaptive equipment for work
- Home environment assessment
- Indications: Speech and Language Evaluation
- Swallowing difficulty
- Verbal or written language expression or reception
- Unable to fill out MC forms or office ID sheet
- Unable to tell biographical info for medical history
- Can't tell why he or she in your office
- Cognitive language difficulty
- Can not maintain topic or train of thought
- Can not retrieve info
- Confusion
- Deterioration in speech, language or cognition
- Indications: Audiologist
- Difficulty hearing face to face communication
- Complains that everyone mumbles
- Needs questions or instructions repeated
- Difficult hearing over telephone
- Needs television louder than other family or friends
- Indications: Low-Vision Specialist
- Difficulty with printed materials (forms, labels)
- Due to reduced vision:
- Needs others for guidance
- Avoids outdoors or social activities
- Eye treatment has not Restored sight for independence
- Indications: Home health or Community Agency
- Assistive Technology assessment
- Home evaluation stressing
- Safety
- Function
- Accessibility