Treatments Suggested for Frailty
If your elderly family member is diagnosed as frail, is there anything that she, you or an elder care aide can do to help her? There might be more than you think that you can both do. The first step is to talk to your senior’s doctor about what she’s experiencing and what else might be going on.
Her Doctor May Suggest Diet and Exercise Changes
Elder Care Windsor CA – Treatments Suggested for Frailty
When your elderly family member’s doctor learns that she’s dealing with frailty, exercise and diet changes might be part of the suggested treatment. Ensuring that your senior has plenty of nutritious foods and that she’s eating them regularly helps to rebuild strength and muscle. Gentle, easy exercise is something that she can build on as she gains strength.
Treating the Underlying Issue Is Important
If there are underlying causes of the frailty, such as an injury, infection, or other chronic health issue, that needs to be addressed, too. Your senior’s doctor should recommend a plan for treating any of these underlying issues, so that your senior can start her recovery. There may be times that there isn’t something to treat, however. The sooner that your senior starts putting her doctor’s plan into place, the sooner she’s likely to recover.
Utilize Assistive Tools for as Long as She Needs Them
Your senior doesn’t have to just “soldier through” dealing with frailty. That’s an excellent way to fall or to experience some other injury that is completely unnecessary. For now, she may need to use assistive devices, like shower chairs and even a walker. This doesn’t mean she’ll need these tools forever, but she may very well need them now.
Enlist Help in the Form of Elder Care Providers
Elder care providers can be an excellent form of assistance as your senior recovers from frailty. They can be there at all hours to help your senior with her gait, ensure that she eats regular meals, and that she has transportation when she needs it. Having elder care providers with your elderly family member can also help you to feel more comfortable if you’re not able to be with her as much as you would like to be.
Frailty can take some time for your senior to recover from, especially if she’s experiencing the condition due to injuries or illnesses that also require healing. With patience and by sticking with the plan that her doctor helps her to put together, she may be able to have a better experience than she expects to have.
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She became a discharge planner and immediately fell in love with the concept of home care and the autonomous clinical practice it affords nurses. Dr. Lucy was hooked and has been a strong supporter of home care ever since.Believing people need advocates in healthcare systems, she has championed that cause across the acute care and post-acute care setting.
Dr. Lucy has worked in every aspect of home care from Medicare Certified, DME, Infusion, Hospice and finally Private Duty/Private Pay services. She also works as a home care consultant across the country and as a legal nurse consultant for the home care industry.
Having worked in all areas of home care, Dr. Lucy has a well-rounded perspective of the challenges facing patients, families and the home care industry, and as a provider she advocates for patients through the maze of health care services. Dr. Lucy celebrated over 37 years as a nurse and patient advocate.
Dr. Lucy has a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois.In 1994, she received her Masters of Science in Health Service Administration from St. Mary's University, Moraga, California. Dr. Lucy received her Doctor of Nursing Practice awarded in 2016, graduating with Distinction and a 4.0 GPA.
She did her doctoral work on the global dementia crisis, aging and prevention strategies for healthy living. Developed dementia and Alzheimer's disease plans for aging patients leaving the hospital setting or entering long-term care or home health and hospice environments. She also developed a specialized program for those at risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
In 1992, Dr. Lucy was designated CAHSAH Certified Home Care Administrator in the inaugural offering of this designation through the California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH).
She is the founder and CEO of Creative Solutions Home Care Consulting Services and At Your Service Nursing & Home Care, a concierge nursing & home care agency that provides the services she believes are essential for seniors to age in place.She offers a higher level of care allowing people to be in their own homes with an emphasis on independence, safety, and quality of life.
Dr. Lucy is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and sits on the Board of Directors for California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH).
She has served on the boards for both state and national board associations, and is currently on the following boards and committees: Board of Directors, California State Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH), 2002-present, National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC's) Private Duty Home Care Association Director, and multiple state and national home care committees.
Dr. Lucy goes to Washington, DC, several times a year to advocate for senior services and home care issues. She was past Commissioner for the Sonoma Commission on Human Rights.She is past chair of the local Senior Advocacy Services.
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