26/04/2025
PATIENT STORY - Beryl
Let me introduce you to Beryl. This lovely lady at the grand age of 98 was referred to us initially for a home assessment in order to see if she can use a rotunda to stand after being nursed in bed for months following various hospital admissions and failed home therapy.
Beryl has advanced Alzheimers dementia as well as a posterior stroke and as such deals with many challenges for both her and her loving family that support around the clock alongside the amazing carers from Home Instead Ashby, Burton & Derbyshire .
Because of her dementia, nobody initially thought that she had any potential to regain mobility. But we were convinced that the part of her brain which deals with motor planning and postural processing was not yet affected...and after all, we if anyone, will always give a client the best chance possible especially if they have been left behind before.
So after some postural processing correction and neuro-rehabilitation this is Beryl after only a few sessions. Today not only can she walk a few steps but she has walked from her bed throughout her house to her much loved conservatory to have a cuppa in the sun with Tom.
Her mood, cognition and general health has drastically improved and whilst she still has some obvious issues to battle, her quality of life is already drastically better and we are here for the journey side by side with her.