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Caregiving for Individuals with Chronic Illness or Injury
Intensive Cross Cutting Poster
Candice Osborne, PhD, MPH, OTR
Assistant Professor
Univerisity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
dallas, Texas
Chung Lin (Novelle) Kew, MS
PhD Student
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Andrew Nabasny, MS
Doctoral Student
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Shannon Juengst, PhD, CRC
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern
Dallas, Texas
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was used to classify and describe challenges and problems that care-partners face early in the rehabilitation process. Care-partners of inpatient rehabilitation patients most commonly reported problems in the areas of emotional function, major life areas, self-care, domestic life, and interpersonal interactions and relationships.