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Miner S. and Mary Ann Keeler Home Health Laboratory

Miner S. and Mary Ann Keeler Home Health Laboratory Model Living (ADL) Suite

Teaching Purpose: Help Students Learn:

• The role of assistive technology in rehabilitation.
• How the environment and task can be modified to promote clients' independence.
• How to educate caregivers about helping clients with daily living skills.
• The use of home activities as a therapeutic tool for improving and developing strength, endurance, competence, mobility and well-being.
• How to utilize home, community, and rehabilitation environments, in which students may work to address therapeutic goals of clients in those settings.

Service Purpose: Help Clients (may include individuals with disability or their caregivers) Learn

The relationship between independence in daily living and health or quality of life.