Knee Replacement Plan

For this project I have chosen option A, Case Management Study. The reason I have chosen this option is because my grandmother just underwent knee replacement surgery. This would be a perfect time to display how her living arrangement will be. While looking at the other option, I could not see any other option more fitting than option A, Case Management Study. I will discuss how is her current living arrangement and the services that she is receiving. Also I will share the plan that the doctors have set her up with to help rehab her back to health.

As people gracefully age, our bodies gets weaker. This was the case for my grandmother, at the age of 62. It was not until a month ago when she paid a visit to doctor office due to chronic knee pain. After the doctor inspected her knee, he later found out that the pain was caused by no cartilage in her knees. The only option my grandmother had, was knee replacement surgery, in other words knee reconstruction.

The original surgery date was planned for May 27, 2016. Unfortunately because of the medication she was on at the time, the surgery got pushed back by a week. The medicine she was taking had a huge risk of forming blood clots. The doctors placed her on a blood thinning
The physical therapist work consists mainly of her lower body. By having her partake in several exercises, this would help strengthen her newly reconstruction knees. The physical therapist comes out to the house three time a week for the first two weeks, then two times a week for four weeks. My grandmother is also given some homework to do when the physical therapist is not around. The homework that she has to do consist of several pages of figures doing the motions she would have to practice to build the strength back up in her knees. After the physical therapist pays a visit, an occupational therapist is the next in line to stop by her