Problems Coping with Household Care by People with Transversal Spinal Cord Injury from Perspective of an Occupational Therapist

BACHELOR THESIS ABSTRACT Name, Surname: Kristýna Slížová Supervisor: Mgr. Kateřina Rybářová Title: Problems Coping with Household Care by People with Transversal Spinal Cord Injury from Perspective of an Occupational Therapist Abstract: This bachelor thesis considers problems of people with transversal spinal cord injury coping with household care from perspective of an occupational therapist. The aim of the thesis is to qualitatively compare how men and women with transversal spinal cord injury in C6 level cope with undertaking household chores. The theoretical part describes difficulties of spinal cord injury and household chores and sets out possible occupational therapy intervention. It clarifies options of adapting household chores for those with transversal spinal cord injury in more detail. The practical part is set out by case reports of two client groups (male and female) with transversal spinal cord injury in C6 level. It introduces anamnesis, examination by occupational therapist, appraisal of independence using the SCIM and appraisal of the home environment, by using the methodology SEMAFOR home. The case reports describe occupational therapies that focus on difficulties faced by both client groups on how to cope with household chores. The conclusion determined that both client groups can carry..