Author/Editor     Špiljak, Dušanka
Title     Kako živeti s hemipilegijo v domu upokojencev
Translated title     How to live with hemiplegia in an old people's home
Type     članek
Source     In: Rihtar A, Rotner E, editors. Pomen raziskovalnega dela v fizioterapoiji. Zbornik 4. simpozij fizioterapevtov Slovenije; 1998 maj 8-10; Radenci. Ljubljana: Inštitut za rehabilitacijo,
Publication year     1998
Volume     str. 63-72
Language     slo
Abstract     In the old people's homes of Slovenia there are 5% of the people who are older than 65, approximately 1/4 of them are suffering from cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) and the consecutive hemiplegia. Teh hemiplegia is a serious psychical and physical burden for old people and the perons around them, especially for their families. The authoress presents a physiotherapeutic treatment of such patients and their lives in the Home. She informs us of the CVD and their consequences. Her experience and the methods of her work are stated. Teh appearance of psyhorganic changes and their significance for the psychical condition of a patient are stressed: namely, in the rehabilitation doctrine a general belief has been adopted that the acceptance of a physical disability is a condition for an efficient rehabilitation. Also a questionary shows, why the people with hemiplegia are in the old people's home, and low they have accepted it as their new home.
Descriptors     HOMES FOR THE AGED
HEMIPLEGIA
AGED
QUESTIONNAIRES
PHYSICAL THERAPY
CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS