Summary Marc

CMOP-E

Person

Physical

-             - Marc is paraplegic. He fell off a platform when he was four years old.

o   Posttraumatic paraplegia

o   Nerve breached at D3-D4

-             - Male

-             - 64 years’ old

Cognitive

-             - Normal intelligence  

Affectively

-             - Social

-             - Patience  

-             - Some who never quits

Spiritual

-             - Being meaningful to other people/helping others in need

-             - Being someone people can talk to

-             - Being as independent as possible, for as long as possible.

Act

Productivity

-            - Volunteer work

o   Secretary of the local advisory for people with a disability.  

· Has a weekly meeting on average.

-             - Households (cleaning plates and cutlery, picking up groceries, going to the bakery, ...)

-             - Was a teacher for 20 years in high school (especially accounting) and 20 years in college    (economic sciences).

Leisure

-             - Pc

-             - TV

-             - Reading newspaper

-             - Listening to music  

-             - Used to have a radio show for residential care facilities

-            -  Used to record books for blind people

Self care

-             - One time a week a nurse comes to help Marc wash himself and to take care of a wound.

-             - Can basically do everything on his own

Environment

Institutional  

-            -  Occasionally at the city hall

Socially

-             - Wife

-             - Mostly family

-             - Former colleagues

-             - Friends   

Physical

-             - City hall Kortrijk

-             - Locations for meetings   

-             - House at Kortrijk Kortrijk

Cultural

-             - Western society

-             - Speaks Flemish

Original request for help  

Can there be something made that prevents the wheelchair from making the bathroom completely wet when done showering?

Current aid for help

Same

Feedback last meeting:

Front wheels can’t be dried with new prototype.

Marc isn’t sure if the wheelchair will stay on the platform when trying to dry the wheels.

He thinks that this prototype has potential and is better than the previous prototypes.