Episode 23: Small Changes Can Improve Safety
An illness or injury can really change how a loved one can function in their home. It doesn’t take much for the elderly to become weak and debilitated, resulting in them not being able to do the basic things for themselves that they use to do.
A common thing that I’ve seen lately is that many of the elderly patients that I am servicing are not admitted into the hospital for treatment after diagnosed with an illness or who have had an injury in their homes. Lack of medical staff or the unavailability of a room (due to the pandemic) have resulted in them being sent home from the ER sicker and weaker than what we are accustomed to seeing in the home setting.
Therapy in the home becomes an important component to their recovery — strengthening, pain management and endurance training. Surprisingly, temporary help and small changes in the home may also be all that is needed to prevent a bigger problem from occurring. Not all in-home modifications and changes are big, some are quite simple and many people say, “I never would have thought of that.”
Hear Mary’s story…
Consuela Marshall, Occupational Therapist, Caregiver
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