Comments on: How Serious are Falls Among Seniors? http://activeseniorlivingmn.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/how-serious-are-falls-among-seniors/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:30:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: maryc http://activeseniorlivingmn.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/how-serious-are-falls-among-seniors/#comment-47 maryc Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:35:42 +0000 http://activeseniorlivingmn.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-47 Good information in this article. I think that homecare agencies can be an invaluable asset to seniors and their families. I recently was the primary caregiver for my 75 year old mother, who had a total knee replacement and came home after a 3 day hospital stay. We were fortunate to have a wonderful Home Health Care nurse who came for 2 visits and called 3 times to check on the situation. She did an enormous amount of teaching about fall prevention, including encouraging us to obtain a hand held shower head, a bath mat and to remove scatter rugs in the kitchen that my mother so loves! She also worked with us to think about other strategies-I recently purchased a collapsible mesh hamper so that my mother could continue to do her own laundry without using the " laundry basket" which is dangerous, due to not being able to see steps and not being able to hold onto railings. My mother would continue to benefit from PT; however, she already met the Medicare guidelines. Thanks. Mary C Good information in this article. I think that homecare agencies can be an invaluable asset to seniors and their families. I recently was the primary caregiver for my 75 year old mother, who had a total knee replacement and came home after a 3 day hospital stay. We were fortunate to have a wonderful Home Health Care nurse who came for 2 visits and called 3 times to check on the situation. She did an enormous amount of teaching about fall prevention, including encouraging us to obtain a hand held shower head, a bath mat and to remove scatter rugs in the kitchen that my mother so loves! She also worked with us to think about other strategies-I recently purchased a collapsible mesh hamper so that my mother could continue to do her own laundry without using the ” laundry basket” which is dangerous, due to not being able to see steps and not being able to hold onto railings.

My mother would continue to benefit from PT; however, she already met the Medicare guidelines.

Thanks. Mary C

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