SIG Occupation
Objectives
Background
At the General Assembly of our organisation in Paris in 1995 the
Executive Board of RIMS proposed to create several problem
orientated clinical care committees.
The purpose of these different clinical care committees was:
- to promote participation of RIMS members around a precise topic
- to encourage research in these domains of rehabilitation
- to improve the management of the PwMS.
Goals
The main goal of rehabilitation is to enhance and encourage
participation of patients with MS. The use of technical appliances
for mobility, communication, home adaptation, spincter control,
remote control and ADL has a major role to achieve this objective.
Difficulties
As already pointed out finacial support is crucial for the further
development. The yearly 2.000 Euro support of the Executive Board
will permit at least partial intervention in the flight expenses and
encourage one centre each year to invite the participants of the
committee.
Future
Up to now the committee is in favor of continuying with the current
participants, mainly occupational therapists but also
physioterapists, orthopedic technicians and medical doctors are
wellcome. To implement te adaptation philosophy it would be useful
to have a t least one psychology in the group. Afterwards the group
will decide if this committee is going to integrate in the other
clinical care committees.