WHO MAY BENEFIT
Persons who have Multiple Sclerosis may benefit
from a comprehensive rehabilitation
program to address the effects of:
- Loss of coordination
- Spasticity
- Vision Loss
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
- Nutritional status change
- Immobility
- Aphasia (difficulty communicating)
- Incontinence of bowel/bladder
- Weakness
- Sexual dysfunction
- Behavioral changes
PROGRAM FOCUS
The transdisciplinary team will develop an individualized plan to help the
patient remain as
independent as possible, as long as possible.
Specific goals
may include:
- Increasing physical and cognitive function to the maximum possible level.
- Providing nursing care oriented toward educating the patient on future health management
- Improving the individual's functional communication abilities.
- Preventing complications and preparing the patient to minimize future complications.
- Ensuring maximum mobility and safety with adaptive equipment as necessary
- Increasing independence in self-care skills and homemaking to maximum levels to facilitate a return to home.
- Providing a knowledge of available community resources to smooth the transition to home and community
PATIENT PARTICIPATION
The patient's role becomes that of an active participant in learning how actions, choices, and attitudes affect the condition and in learning techniques to better manage the condition.
