The carers tell me that the occupational therapist will be making a visit next week,can anyone tell me if this is a routine thing making a visit to people being cared for at home,perhaps a yearly visit?
The carers tell me that the occupational therapist will be making a visit next week,can anyone tell me if this is a routine thing making a visit to people being cared for at home,perhaps a yearly visit?
OTs check all aspects of a property to find out where help can be given - bed levers, grab rails, raised toilet seats, shower boards... It's not a reflection on the work of the carers or anything.I live at home with my mum as her carer and she has 4 care visits and a hoist is used,I have a vague recollection that she said their would be a visit once a year when I spoke to her when she made her first visit,I was just a bit surprised when the girls told me,we haven't ever had any problems with the hoist
My mum is bed bound so I suppose it's just to see if she is being rolled safely and she probably wants to see the hoist being used,I hope the care company isn't trying to raise the length of any of the calls as there has been ample time,but we have had a new carer that has slowed down things so that a lot of carers have refused to work with her on the double up round but that's carer related rather than my mum being the reason for any calls appearing to be longerOTs check all aspects of a property to find out where help can be given - bed levers, grab rails, raised toilet seats, shower boards... It's not a reflection on the work of the carers or anything.
I know very little about hoisting @witts1973 , but I believe there's a variety of types....could you ask the OT if it could be swapped for a more suitable one? I'm guessing that people who are fully bedbound never need to be moved so they don't need a hoist. Have you talked to the carer? Is the hoisting something that needs to be done by 2 people? I'm sure others will be along later in the morning with better advice.....
We have an OT team coming this week too as my husband has just come home from hospital. I can't wait! I know there must be changes I could make to make life easier and safer and I just want someone to tell me what they are and how to do it. Already a member of the discharge team showed me how to manage the walker indoors instead of the two sticks John previously used.
Anything which improves the handling of a PWD is grist to the mill
That's great,it works well at home,I sometimes think about those poor folks in poor countries that haven't got the support and resources that we have to keep people safe and wellJust had our visit from the OT as recommended by the hospital. On a Saturday! Brilliant! Apart from showing me better ways to hold John when helping him she went over every move around the house to see what equipment would help and watched him going to the loo with his walker to see how he manoeuvred. I feel much more confident that I can improve his present state without wrecking my own health.
Technicians due on Wednesday to fit what is needed.
God bless Alison the OT!