Title: Transport a client, using a wheelchair.
Course: Home Health Aide (14053) > Section: Providing Personal Care

Transportation should include following guidelines and the client care plan for

- following safety procedures
- maneuvering a manual wheelchair
- maneuvering a motorized wheelchair
- adjusting wheelchair parts
- propelling a wheelchair on different types of surfaces.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Which parts of a wheelchair should be adjusted if a client’s knees are higher than their hips?
- What environmental adaptations are available in the community to accommodate wheelchair users?
- How can a person in a wheelchair safely get in and out of a car? Go up a curb? Enter and use a public bathroom?