Adaptation Manual - Chapter Downloads

These are all the chapters taken from the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign's Adaptations Manual. You can download individual chapters or, alternatively, you can order it as a CD for £5 from the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. Please email info@muscular-dystrophy.org.

Chapter 1. Foreword Preface/Acknowledgements

How to use the manual/updating process. To download chapter please click Foreword Preface/Acknowledgements (74 kb)

Chapter 2. The Adaptation Process

A guide to the stages involved, with the precise order varying according to the procedures of individual Local Authorities. To download chapter please click The Adaptation Process (31 kb)

Chapter 3. Be Your Own Keyworker

Suggestions for a DIY approach to the adaptations process for disabled people and/or their family and carers. To download these chapters please click
Be your own keyworker (46 kb) .
Keyworker contact details (31 kb) .
Keyworker contact diary (23 kb)

Chapter 4. Assessment of Need

A discussion of the main issues involved in a housing and equipment assessment. To download the chapter please click Assessment of need (127 kb)

Chapter 5. Muscular Dystrophy & Allied Neuromuscular Conditions

Factsheets on a range of neuromuscular conditions, and on some disability issues, are available from the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. These are constantly reviewed and updated. A full set can be found on and printed off from the organisation's website. To download the list please click Factsheets and Support Groups (55 kb)

Chapter 6. Lift vs Extension

The factors to be considered by a disabled person and/or their family to help make a well-informed choice. To download the chapter please click Lifts vs Extensions (80 kb)

Chapter 7. Bath vs Shower

A guide to help disabled children, adults and their families make a well-informed choice. Please click to download the chapter Bath or shower? (61 kb)

Chapter 8a. Equipment for Adaptations

A guide to the equipment to be considered when planning adaptations. To download the chapter please click Equipment for adaptations (206 kb)

Chapter 8b. 'Seat to Standing'

For adults with muscular dystrophy & allied neuromuscular conditions who have difficulty standing up from a seated position. To download the chapter please click Sit to Stand Equipment (35 kb)

Chapter 8c. Electric beds

A guide to help the disabled person, their family or carers and the healthcare professionals advising in the choice of an appropriate bed. To download the chapter please click Beds (559 kb)

Chapter 8d. Wheelchairs

A guide to the issues involved in the assessment, choice and manufacture of wheelchairs and the provision of suitable wheelchair access to a house. To download the chapter please click Wheelchairs (186 kb)

Chapter 9. Hoisting

To download the chapter please click Hoists (172 kb)

Chapter 10. Disability Needs Assessment Form/ Architectural Brief

To download the form please click Assessment Form / Architectural Brief (87 kb)

Chapter 11. Housing Needs/ Space Justification

*** specifications are available when adaptations are needed, but the following provides an outline of needs when re-housing is being considered.
To download the chapter please click Housing needs and space - justification (43 kb)

Chapter 12. Funding of Adaptations & Equipment

A discussion on the various sources of funding and the legislation involved in accessing grants following the assessment of need by both the disabled person and their family and the professional workers who are advising. To download the chapter please click Funding of Adaptations (662 kb)

Chapter 13a. Muscular Dystrophy Adaptations & Building Design Network

An innovative service set up as a resource for adults and children with muscular dystrophy & allied neuromuscular conditions & the professionals who are advising on adaptations. To download the chapter please click Architects' Network (289 kb)

Chapter 13b. Adaptations and Building Design Network Questionnaire

This questionnaire asks about your experience of adapting your home. By completing it you will be providing the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign with useful evidence of the problems faced by people with muscular dystrophy and on the effectiveness of different solutions. Please click to download the Adaptations Questionaire (474 kb)

 

Chapter 14. Scales & Templates/ Planning & Building Regulations Approval

To download the chapter please click Scales,Templates,Planning and Building Regulations (193 kb)

Chapter 15. Adaptation Specifications

A guide to the architectural specifications to be considered. To download the chapter please click Adaptations Specifications (332 kb)

Chapter 16. Kitchens

A guide to the factors to be considered by the disabled person, the community OT and the architectural designer when kitchen adaptations are being planned. To download the chapter please click Kitchens (102 kb)

Chapter 17. Multi-Use Facilities

This information is written as a useful resource for those who are planning to either refit existing facilities or design a new building. To download the chapter please click Multi-use facilities (253 kb)

Chapter 18. Addresses:Manufactures/Suppliers/Sources of Advice

Addresses of manufacturers, suppliers and sources of advice. It also includes details of MDC Care Advisors. To download the chapter please click Address List (463 kb)

Chapter 19. Index

The Index gives an overview of the manual linking related articles etc.To download the chapter please click Index (467 kb)

Chapter 20. Equipment Literature

Leaflets of the most widely-used products that are discussed in the manual are included for the convenience of readers. The manufacturersâ?? information was considered to be more useful than illustrations as many of the details are vital in helping to understand the equipment prior to planning adaptations. To download the chapter please click Equipment Literature (44 kb)