WHEEL WORLD NEWS
December 2018
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Tips for Reducing the
Holiday Stress
Some of the pressures and challenges that families and patients face when a family member has a spinal cord Injury are compounded especially during the holidays. Every day challenges for assistance with daily living to transportation and transfers, all these activities can wear and tear on any family.
The following information can be some helpful resources and local companies that help with everything from Occupational and Physical Therapy to help with medicine and medicine reminders. Even the fact of giving a family member a break from the day to day activities can be a huge blessing and give some added relief.
Here is some resources that can help with daily living:
•Transportation assistance
•Fall Prevention and home safety
•Caregiver Resources, Respite Care and more
•Free Assessment for changes in medical condition
•Meal Prep and Meal Delivery
Next, the facts for better health show... the more you can add some activity to your life, the better.
The advantages of receiving physical therapy at home are mastering the daily tasks which take place in the home, and to increase safety. It’s in the home setting where most accidents occur and having the PT there allows them to assess home safety, set functional goals, and work with the patient to maximize their ability,
patient to maximize their ability, improve strength, balance, coordination, and make strides by enhancing their quality of life as their physical impairment declines and mobility increases. For improved ADL (Activities of Daily Living) function, they will demonstrate and teach safe ambulation and transfer techniques with or without assistive devices (e.g., walker, getting out of bed, up from sitting, maneuvering safely with a walker or wheelchair) and develop a home exercise program with you to maintain muscle tone and mobility.
•Pre-op assessment and Post-op rehabilitation and teaching
•Therapeutic exercises for strengthening to improve endurance
•Bed mobility and Transfer training
•Fall prevention and Durable medical equipment (DME) coordination
Here is a few local companies that can help while providing great care and resources.
For Physical Therapy and more - call KC's Home Health
www.kcshomehealthcare.com/for-patients-and-families/ or call 602-283-4089
For Caregiver assistance and matching care - matching the individual needs and personality to the skills of our caregivers = great value to you and your family. For Personal Care, Companion Care and more - Call The Perfect Companion
www.azperfectcompanion.com/ or call 602-595-9096
We always here from clients and patients that sometimes the best gift you can give a loved one or a family is a BREAK and some extra care.
Article provided by Mark Redmond- Writer for The Perfect Companion