Polio - The Late Effects Reality

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

Aims:

1. To research the history of post paralytic Polio amongst the members of the Post Polio Support Group (Post Polio Support Group).
2. To identify the effects, problems and ongoing needs that result from the Late Effects of Polio (LEP) amongst the membership of the Group.
3. To investigate the sociological results of LEP.
4. To quantify the cost of daily living requirements both amongst the membership and in the total Post Paralytic Polio population within the Republic of Ireland.
5. To secure funding and commitment from Government to support the needs of those with LEP.

Objectives:

1. The identification from within the Membership of the Post Polio Support Group (Post Polio Support Group) of those who are medically diagnosed as experiencing the Late Effects of Polio (LEP).
2. An investigation to identify how LEP effects their daily lives in social, economic, personal and domestic terms.
3. A review of the life experiences of those with LEP through both a questionnaire and an iterative medium (interviews).
4. The identification of the effects of paralytic Polio in the education of respondents and its long-term consequences.
5. The identification of the carer’s role in the lives of those with LEP.
6. The quantification of daily living needs of those with LEP, both in equipment and monetary terms.
7. The identification of the potential population of those affected by LEP within the Republic of Ireland based on an international research critique