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02-12-2005, 03:15 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: IL,
Posts: 20
| Question I have a patient who is blind and uses a stick. He has an unsteady gait. Is there a device that can do both tasks: feel objects AND provide support? |
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02-13-2005, 01:40 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sherwood, Arkansas
Posts: 351
| Re: Question Put "curb feelers" on a walker. You know, the spring antenna looking things on old caddys. If you put them low enough on the walker they would hit objects on the floor. |
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02-15-2005, 12:45 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: IN
Posts: 1,353
| Re: Question did you consult with PT and OT as to what products are around? |
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02-16-2005, 09:32 AM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: IL,
Posts: 20
| Re: Question Thanks. I did, and they suggested a walker. The curb feelers idea was one they got a kick out of! Maybe hang furry dice off the thing too! |
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02-19-2005, 02:24 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sherwood, Arkansas
Posts: 351
| Re: Question A few racing strips, bumper sticker and furry dice, man we are set to roll! |
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02-23-2005, 02:43 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida
Posts: 5
| Re: Question Does your patient live alone? I would think if his gait is unsteady, he should probably use a walker, but also have someone there with him. They would be his eyes... Wanna story? I have an outpatient who comes in once a week for an injection. She is blind... totally. So, of course, she has to get a ride to the hospital. She gets a ride to the hospital with her friend. Her friend doesn't walk very well, so after parking the car... the friend gets her wheelchair out of the car, and lets my blind outpatient push her into the hospital. What a sight! |
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02-23-2005, 05:06 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: IN
Posts: 1,353
| Re : Question when I did home health I had a 107 yr old pt, her 80+ yr old daughter was also my pt and their main caregiver was the 60+ blind grandaughter who was diabetic. They did take the cane away from the 107 yr old (took it when she was about 102 because she'd trip the blind grandaughter with it so she'd have to use the furniture to walk with..there was plenty to hold to with just a path through the house. The grandaughter was diabetic also and had a talking glucose monitor. |
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02-25-2005, 11:12 AM
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| Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 2,190
  | Re: Re : Question Geez, talk about the blind leading the blind. Unfortunately that is what it comes down to in some households. Andrew Lopez, RN http://www.4nursing.com |
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