Abstract:

For several decades now occupational therapists have dealt with eliminating architectural barriers confronting persons using wheelchairs. The occupational therapist is usually a key resource person in the home care assessment team but faces a penury of evaluation tools to carry out the task. Being often obliged to develop homemade instruments, the process tends to lack structure, uniformity and objectivity. A review of writings about assessment tools for occupational therapists has demonstrated the need for a specific tool dealing with the various factors involved in the home adaptation issue.