Each patient is different, and their care environment and treatment must reflect their needs and level of mobility. Although the ’typical’ patient does not exist, in order to provide optimised care there needs to be some level of standardisation and classification.
The Mobility Gallery™ is an assessment tool you can use to efficiently plan your patients/residents’ care and increase the wellbeing of caregivers. This patient classification system depicting the characteristics of five typical patients with different levels of mobility, named in alphabetical order from A to E.
The validity of the Mobility Gallery has been proven by an international study*, but it is more than merely a classification system. The levels are based different patient mobility you could actually meet in various care settings. By visualising the characters, the Mobility Gallery becomes an important communication tool, making it possible to discuss choices in care and rehabilitation in a realistic way.
*Knibbe J.J., Knibbe N.E., Waaijer E.M., Assessments of patients with a 5-category or a 3-category practical classification system: validity and practicality
