Carer Team at Home

Any S.A.P of medium intensity stroke and restrained upper limb movement will require more than wife carer help when he reaches home. Especially if he is in the 60 + group and may have other health problems.

One way to prepare for this is to have a second social worker in every rehab hospital to help with govt assistance and allowance matters, but mainly to understand all of the mind and physical effects of the S.A.P before discharge to home.

She could be called an extension social worker. She would visit the S.A.P’s home and, with his permission brief them on what to expect when he returns home and help with forming the carer team.

At the very least it would stop any cries of “I didn’t know he was incontinent”.

With or without this problem affects carer management almost as much as one handedness.

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