Engagement levels on a unit for people with a physical disability
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Rehabilitation
- Vol. 3 (4) , 299-304
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026921558900300406
Abstract
The activities of twenty people with a physical handicap were observed over a period of 13 days. On average 35% of the patients were observed to be engaged in no obvious activity. After 'inactivity' the two most frequently endorsed categories of activity were 'conversation' and 'watching TV or listening to the radio'. The implications of these findings for the social rehabilitation of disabled people are discussed.Keywords
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