Vignette Name | Need | Current Approach | Alternate Suggestion | What could be created |
Penelope | Penelope is having difficulty pushing her son in his wheelchair. | |||
Pamela | Pamela is worried about her husband’s posture, especially when he is using the walker. | Pamela provides verbal cues to keep his posture straight. | ||
Patricia | She needs help with finding well-paved sidewalks. | |||
Moe | He needs help moving some of the heavy mobility devices that she uses. | Hydraulic chair lift and porch lift. | ||
Petunia | She needs help encouraging her mom to use her cane and to hold on to railing when using stairs since she is prone to falling. | |||
Mark | He needs help with stair glide since he always has to adjust the seat so that his wife does not fall off. | |||
Murphy | He needs help getting his wife to adjust to using the reacher, instead of asking for his help. | |||
Pandora | Pandora needs help navigating her father’s wheelchair in their small home. Pandora wishes that smaller wheelchairs for in home use were easily accessible, readily available and delivered right away. | Realizes they may have to persist in asking regional health authority for a way to provide one or have to go and rent one. | ||
Michael | Michael needs help moving his dad around because he is “dead weight”. Michael does not want to hurt himself, but also needs to move his dad around. |