Hi all, I need some advice. [Some quick background : I am from Britain originally, but have lived and worked as an engineer in the USA for 20 years. I am now changing career to OT]. I have a friend in England whose father (in his 80�s) has recently had a hip replacement. He has had some trouble with it, it has �popped out� a couple of times and he has had to be re-admitted to hospital. He is back home now with his wife.
The problem is, he is completely de-motivated, won�t eat or drink, won�t do anything but sit around all day. Now, as an occupational therapy student I know that we are trained to work with more than just the physical, that we work with the motivation/depression/emotional state of the patient too, but I haven�t got that far in my studies yet, so I am not able to give my friend much advice to help his father. His dad knows he should eat, but says he is not hungry, and eating makes him feel sick (he is taking appetite enhancers, but they don�t seem to be helping much). He knows he should be doing things to get better, and even talks about when he is mobile again, but doesn�t �feel like� going out into the garden for instance, would rather sit around indoors all day. So, my questions are: � What would any of you do in these circumstances, how would you engage this man into wanting to get better? � Are there organizations in Britain that my friend can contact to get Occupational Therapy for his dad, in the home? Thanks a lot! Sue *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
