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Home Care Service for Stroke Patients

Shailaja, an 86-year old lady, suffered a severe stroke in October 2018. She was immediately rushed to the hospital by her family. A known patient of diabetes and hypertension, Shailaja was admitted to the hospital and put under the specialist care.

After the initial treatment, Shailaja was moved back to her home. However, the stroke had affected her ability to move around and she was bed ridden. She was fitted with Ryle’s Tube feeding and urinary catheter. Although at home, Shailaja needed regular medical supervision. Her family was going to be the primary caregiver. But they needed assistance from certified medical professionals to guide their efforts.

Ubiqare’s Home Care for Stroke Patient Helps Put Her Life Back Together

Ubiqare created supportive care ecosystem to help Shailaja and her family.

Our home care for stroke patient service included a Care Doctor who interacted with Shailaja’s primary specialist to get detailed understanding of her condition. The primary specialist further developed a home care regimen for Shailaja and handed it to the Care Doctor.

The Care Doctor started making regular visits at home as part of medical supervision and updated the primary specialist about his findings. The Primary specialist also used audio video features of our system to engage with Shailaja and the Care Doctor directly from his hospital and discuss the progress made.

Ubiqare also assigned a qualified nurse to help Shailaja’s family care for her at home. Since, Shailaja had lost great deal of mobility; she was put on specific diet. A lot of her daily needs were to be meant in bed. She also needed to be moved around the house in a wheel chair. The nurse helped the care giving family with all of these. After a month of care Ryle’s Tube feeding was stopped and she was taking food orally. Catheter care was given on regular basis.

The Care Doctor also coordinated with a physiotherapist who visited Shailaja at home for regular sessions. The physiotherapist worked with Shailaja and her nurse to help her regain her ability to have some basic moments on her right side of the body.

Outcome

Ubiqare’s home care for stroke patient service aided Shailaja in her recovery.

Despite her age, Shailaja recovered a great deal. With the support of Care Doctor and his coordinated efforts with the Primary specialist, Shailaja was able to regain strength and near normalcy in her life. The physiotherapy sessions helped her to regain basic mobility with support. The presence of the nurse ensured that she received proper care and medical intervention during her treatment phase.

The Care Doctor also engaged with Shailaja’s family to help them understand the treatment and the expected outcomes from it. He gave them the much-needed clarity on expected recovery and the changes in life that Shailaja would have to make.

Supportive Care at Home for Liver Cancer

Srinivasan was a 74 years old male diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis of liver. He was under the care of a senior onco-palliation specialist in Bangalore. He frequently complained of pain and inability to move. His family members had opted for a nurse to care for him at home. However, they felt that they needed more medical attention to care for him at home.

During the frequent episodes of worsening symptoms, they found it cumbersome to keep visiting the specialty hospitals. They wished for somebody who could offer medical intervention to Srinivasan at home to manage those episodes.

Srinivasan and his kin found their lives disrupted by his illness.

Ubiqare’s Supportive Care Program Helps Put His Life Back Together

Ubiqare stepped in to assess the condition holistically. We understood Srinivasan’s case, his prognosis, and the care protocol from his primary specialist. We also understood the anxiety and fear among the family members. We organized the right bed and the medical devices needed, the right homecare attendant, and the technology platform for regular monitoring and interactive audio-visual communication. We also counselled Srinivasan and his family members on the care aspects and the expected treatment outcomes. Our Care Doctor developed and drove the care regimen with an additional objective of improving quality of life.

We arranged for a skilled onco-nurse to visit Srinivasan every week and work closely with the nurse at home. Our Care Doctor worked closely with Srinivasan to monitor his health on a regular basis. The Care Doctor further coordinated his medical oversight with the regimen of pain specialist and palliative care specialist already working with Srinivasan.

Srinivasan’s clinical episodes were managed through a combination of timely access to medical expertise, physical presence of a skilled medic, and interactive audio-visual communication.

To help the with his mobility issues, physiotherapist visits were arranged. The visiting nurse and the Care Doctor coordinated their follow up with the physiotherapist.

Outcomes

Srinivasan and his kin experienced great relief with the strong support system combined with continuity of care extended from his trusted specialist. Shortly, he and his family settled into a new routine. Ensuring full compliance to care regimen, hygiene, medications, relief from pain, and keeping in check the vitals were natural outcomes of the care program. Quality of Life of Srinivasan was improving. 4 to 5 avoidable readmissions/hospital visits were prevented by this supportive extension of specialty care program. He was under Ubiqare supportive care program for 4 months.

Testimonial

Srinivasan’s son has this to say of their experience with Ubiqare:

“Ubiqare is helping me in great amount when it comes to taking care of my father, who is ill. I have used all the services that I have opted for and it has been greatly useful in the times of need. The nurse visit during an emergency, taking prescriptions from doctor at the click of buttons instead of travelling all the way to the hospital, the video calls by our care doctor – all of this has helped us a lot. With Ubiqare by our side, we – as a family, are more confident of handling emergencies. A big thank you to the team of Ubiqare.”