Intense physiotherapy
We conveyed to the nursing home's manager Dr P's instruction - also written in a letter - to have my dad go for hip extension exercise.
Later, after discussing with my dad, I came up with 3 milestones for him to achieve to be sufficiently independent at home:
(1) Able to get on and off the bed without people's assistance.
(2) Able to stand without people's assistance.
(3) Sufficient walking speed, at least with a walker.
We were initially concerned about the competency of the nursing home's physiotherapist. For a while, she didn't get my dad to do hip extension exercise. Some days, there weren't any sessions. Fortunately, my dad exercised on his own during those times. We shared our concern with the home's manager.
Our issue was that we weren't exeprienced in judging whether the therapist's programme was sufficiently vigourous or not. We even started researching other nursing homes but none ticked as many boxes as Jasper Lodge.
Then a lucky star shone on us: a new therapist was rotated in (there are two Jasper Lodge homes on Penang island) and the key difference was that he knew how much vigorous exercise dad could do i.e. he knew my dad's limit better than the previous therapist.
Since then, my dad made significant progress in his physical recovery: he could now able to do (1) and (3) above. Al that's left is (2). Gambate dad! We look forward to having you back home.
Later, after discussing with my dad, I came up with 3 milestones for him to achieve to be sufficiently independent at home:
(1) Able to get on and off the bed without people's assistance.
(2) Able to stand without people's assistance.
(3) Sufficient walking speed, at least with a walker.
We were initially concerned about the competency of the nursing home's physiotherapist. For a while, she didn't get my dad to do hip extension exercise. Some days, there weren't any sessions. Fortunately, my dad exercised on his own during those times. We shared our concern with the home's manager.
Our issue was that we weren't exeprienced in judging whether the therapist's programme was sufficiently vigourous or not. We even started researching other nursing homes but none ticked as many boxes as Jasper Lodge.
Then a lucky star shone on us: a new therapist was rotated in (there are two Jasper Lodge homes on Penang island) and the key difference was that he knew how much vigorous exercise dad could do i.e. he knew my dad's limit better than the previous therapist.
Since then, my dad made significant progress in his physical recovery: he could now able to do (1) and (3) above. Al that's left is (2). Gambate dad! We look forward to having you back home.
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My wealthy aunty insisted to stay at the nursing home after her knee surgery. She made the right choice as her adult kids would not be able to provide so much care and attention round the clock. She recovered do fast in weeks instead of 3 months. I learnt something new from her
That's good to hear.