Occupational therapy can help your elderly family member deal with many situations, including recovering after a fall. One particular tool, physical therapy at home, might be extremely beneficial to your senior after she experiences a fall at home.
Restores Function
A fall that results in an injury, however minor that injury is, can cause some serious limitations for your senior in her daily life. Your elderly family member may experience reduced functionality because of the injury itself or because of the fear that she’ll fall again. Leaving those issues unaddressed can cause your elderly family member to withdraw from being as active as she could and should be. A physical therapist can help your elderly family member to work through all of those issues and regain functioning in whatever areas of her body were affected.
Improves Mobility
In addition to function, mobility can also be a problem for your elderly family member after a fall. Mobility issues can afflict parts of the body that weren’t even injured in the fall itself. And again, if your senior is facing the fear of moving because of the fall and fearing that she’ll fall again, physical therapy at home can make a huge difference in recovering those abilities. Even afterward, your elderly family member may find that she has even greater mobility than she had in the past.
Reduces Pain
Pain from a fall often leads to bigger problems in the future, including increasing the possibility of another fall at some point down the road. Occupational therapy can help your senior to learn new ways to do some of her daily activities, and it can also help to assist with relieving pain. Learning the proper ways to move her body can help your senior reduce pain and build up muscle tone, protecting her body now and in the future.
Builds Confidence
It can be devastating to watch your senior be afraid to engage in her life the way that she has in the past. Occupational therapy can help your elderly family member to feel more confident again, reducing the possibility that she might experience another fall. The more confident your senior feels about being able to move her body safely, the easier it will be to avoid another fall.
Assists with Fall Prevention
Seniors who fall once are twice as likely to fall again and that means that after your elderly family member does experience a fall, she needs a fall prevention plan. Occupational therapy can assist your senior in putting that plan together and finding ways to implement fall prevention that works for her. Other therapies, in addition to physical therapy, may prove to be useful to your senior as she works to avoid another fall that could cause even greater injuries for her.
Finding the right solutions for your senior is so important. And if she’s recovering from a fall, it’s important that the solutions you go with are ones that can help her to manage a variety of the different issues that the fall has caused her.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering Physical Therapy at Home in Red Bank, NJ, or the surrounding area please contact the caring staff at Max Health & Wellness today. (732) 576-3550
Beth’s inspired her to always desire great care for seniors and has been working and advocating for seniors since 1988. She earned a degree in Special Education from the Pennsylvania State University and a juris doctorate from Hofstra University. Beth became an elder care attorney to advocate for both the elderly and people living with handicaps before started a home care agency in 2003.
Her passion has always been to ensure that her clients receive better care than her grandparents had, and she works tirelessly to make sure that happens. Her motto and belief has always been and will always be that she (and her staff) will care for your family as we would our own!
For years, Beth has “thought outside the box” and imagined a company that could supplement the in-home care that many seniors need. In-home care provides assistance with the activities of daily living, but many seniors are homebound for a variety of reasons: their physical condition, not being able to drive, mobility concerns, or because they believe that being at home (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic) was the safest place to be.
During the pandemic, Beth made the decision to launch Max Health and Wellness. She envisioned the need to provide additional in-home services to those who need them, specifically therapeutic solutions to create wellness and self-care experiences for seniors and others. These services will range from clinical therapy services such as physical, occupational and speech therapy, mental health counselling, non-medical massage therapy and reflexology, nutritional counseling, and at-home salon/spa services such as therapeutic facial and hair styling.
Beth’s goal is that all of the health and wellness services offered by Max Health and Wellness will MAXIMIZE the quality of life and well-being of seniors throughout the state of New Jersey. She looks forward to having you experience our concierge therapeutic services and treatments.
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