Features Seating and mobility MEDICINE Fall 2007 – Volume 16 Number 3 ISSN 1192-2508 Publisher Caroline Tapp-McDougall Managing Editor H. Dostal Editor Chris Noone noone@bcsgroup.com Editorial Assistant Ashleigh McDougall Director of Sales and Business Development Christine Newman cnewman@bcsgroup.com Art Director Joe Finbow Production Ken Eperon Circulation Consultants Publication Partners Publication Office BCS Communications Ltd. 255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 803 Toronto, ON M3B 3H9 Tel: (416) 421-7944 Fax: (416) 421-0966 E-mail: reception@bcsgroup.com www.solutionsmagazine.ca Rehab & Community Care Medicine is pub- lished quarterly by BCS Communications Ltd. and distributed to health care profes- sionals and members of the home health and insurance industry. All rights reserved. Contents may not be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Printed in Canada. Subscriptions: $29.80 (GST included) per year. Send subscription orders c/o: 255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 803, Toronto, Ontario M3B 3H9. Tel: (416) 421-7944, Fax: (416) 421-0966. Rehab & Community Care Medicine is owned by BCS Communications Ltd.©2007. Canadian Publication Mail Sales Product Agreement No. 40065546. This publication is printed on recycled paper. Intermittent catheterization: 38 Helping patients who experience incomplete voiding. Singing as a rehab tool: 42 Helping your clients. Departments Frontlines 3 The latest rehab news and research from across Canada. Publisher’s message 6 The right equipment for your client. Case Report 50 Making the grade: Technology helps Nicholas at home and school. Ask the expert 52 Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan discusses hand function in spinal cord injury. 4 REHAB & COMMUNITY CARE MEDICINE Reviews 56 The latest books and resources for health care professionals. Calendar 58 Seminars and conferences from coast-to-coast. Marketplace 59 Your link to participating advertisers. Innovators 60 Brain injury takes centre stage. The Leading Edge 62 Dr. Aileen Davis is improving osteoarthritis care. FALL 2007 Starting school: 46 What children with disabilities need. Freedom on the road: 8 A guide to vehicle modifications. The right to drive: 13 Wheelchair prescription and transportation. Tilt-in-space wheelchairs: 14 Exploring the benefits of use. Keeping seniors on the move: 20 Choosing the right mobility equipment for aging clients. Skin and wound care Skin care and obese clients: Assessment, intervention and management. How wounds heal: 26 A primer for health care professionals. Patient safety e at home: 34 actising proper infection ention and control. enting patient falls: 36 The role of support surface selection. Cover: Liberty Motor Company Inc.
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