September 8th is World Physical Therapy Day and to help in the campaign for awareness about the crucial contribution of the profession of physical therapy, the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) is offering a toolkit available now for download so event organisers may plan ahead their activities.
The toolkit includes materials divided into four categories:
Advice [...]
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Have you had trouble getting in and out of a slippery bathtub? Walk in tubs are a perfect solution if you are elderly, disabled, or if you just have trouble on your own. They come complete with a removable shower head and built-in bench. In most cases the door opens from the front or side [...]
Susan Arnold, 87, broke her hip hanging a photograph.
In mid-July, in a nursing unit of a retirement community here, the two women were at the start of a recovery process that both hoped would return them to their previous lives.
Their progress over the next few months, and their divergent outcomes, illustrate the unpredictable impact that [...]
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Be sure to check out this important article from today’s New York Times. Writer John Leland reports on some recent data released on the website of the federal government’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the long-term – and often unreported – physical, emotional and psychological impact of certain injuries sustained by the elderly.
Once [...]
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The bathroom can be a very hazardous place for someone who’s had a stroke. Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to make bathing or showering, grooming, and using the toilet easier and safer for the person you’re caring for.
Install grab bars on the walls of the shower or tub to help her get in [...]
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I’ve had a slew of questions lately from Caring.com readers asking what to do when their elderly loved ones refuse to bathe, shower, or clean their bodies in any way. Talk about a major stressor. This is one. And it’s all too common. To all those out there in this situation — you aren’t alone. [...]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Although bathing gets more difficult with age and declining health, the elderly can largely compensate for their loss of function with grab bars and other bathroom devices, according to a new Cornell University study.
They also can make bathing easier with a good diet and, surprisingly, a few alcoholic drinks a day.
The benefits [...]
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Papers
C Gooptu, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5ST,a G P Mulley
a Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF Correspondence to: Dr
Many apparently healthy old people are unable to bath without help1 and some are not able to bath as often as they would like.2,3 We met [...]
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Some people regard a hot shower as the greatest invention of mankind; for others, a soothing soak in the tub is “just what the doctor ordered.” But for many patients in hospitals or long-term care facilities, neither of these is possible. Cleanliness, however, is still the order of the day, and it is important to [...]
It can be a rewarding mission, a two-way street filled with joy!
When your parents grow old and are no longer able to adequately take care of themselves, there are a number of ways to deal with this natural development of aging. Too often, their grown children opt for a nursing home solution, even when they [...]
