Unit4 Clinical Education

Finished my 5 week placement with Closing the Gap, in homecare. I tried to be optimistic going in but the thought of an entire day, everyday..for 5 wks with the same person..in 1 car..scared me. Luckily I was paired up with an awesome clinical instructor. Good times.

I now have a whole new appreciation for homecare physios. It was really interesting to see another side of the continuum of care. Let me tell you...homecare is hard! Not so much because of complicated cases. It's hard because of the social issues involved. You get to see the patient where they spend most of their time, in the place that they need to be able to move around in and function in so everything you do has to be targeted at that. You need to be really creative. Other times, it's really hard because you see all their pathologies, risks for falling and the lack of social support from their families..and it's REALLY REALLY sad..and all you want to do is sit down with them and cry. But at the end of the day..at the end of these 5 weeks..it feels rewarding to know that I was given the privledge to help a granny or gramps be able to do more in their apartment..that their risk for falling and breaking their femur has been reduced greatly and their condition has improved overall so that they're not just sitting infront of the television day after day. I heart physio.

Next tues: Unit 5 Neurological PT