Gabriella, 51 years old. Autonomy in daily life for a person with an outcome of cerebral aneurysm

  • Authors: Russolo F
  • Title in English: Gabriella, 51 years old. Autonomy in daily life for a person with an outcome of cerebral aneurysm
  • Original Title: Gabriella, 51 anni. Autonomia nella vita quotidiana per una persona con esiti di aneurisma cerebrale
  • Publishing details: Portale SIVA FondazioneDon Carlo Gnocchi
  • Publication year: 2008
  • Insert date: 11/07/2011
  • Latest update: 14/07/2011
  • Source database: Siva (IT)

Description

Gabriella is a woman of 50 years. In October 2007 she was stricken by a cerebral haemorrhage due to rupture of aneurysm. This event led to very serious motor and cognitive damages: Gabriella remains paretic in all 4 limbs, with significant psychomotor slowing, at first carried a PEG.

Subject (according to the ISO classification of assistive products)

  • Seat cushions and underlays for tissue integrity (ISO 04.33.03)
  • Assistive products for tissue integrity when lying down (ISO 04.33.06)
  • Commode chairs (ISO 09.12.03)
  • Push wheelchairs (ISO 12.22.18)
  • Mobile hoists for transferring a person in sitting position with sling seats (ISO 12.36.03)
  • Modular seating systems (ISO 18.09.39)
  • Beds and detachable bed boards/mattress support platforms with manual adjustment (ISO 18.12.07)

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