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What should families expect when a person with a spinal cord injury comes home? - Kim Eberhardt Muir, MS

What should families expect when a person with a spinal cord injury comes home?

Kim Eberhardt Muir, MS

Program Specialist, Spinal Cord Injury Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

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I think what the family needs to be prepared for is a lot of high and lows, especially initially. Frustration, I call it “gadget tolerance.”  As an occupational therapist, we work a lot with adaptive equipment, so setting things up may take long... Show More

I think what the family needs to be prepared for is a lot of high and lows, especially initially. Frustration, I call it “gadget tolerance.”  As an occupational therapist, we work a lot with adaptive equipment, so setting things up may take longer.  Doing things the way you were taught in rehab, maybe a little bit different at home because the set-up is very different, and we can’t simulate that sometimes in rehab.  So, patience, frustration tolerance, and I also think again, the family needs to communicate, and needs to say, you know, “I can’t do what you’re asking me to do.  Tell me, explain to me.” 

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What should families expect when a person with a spinal cord injury comes home?

Kim Eberhardt Muir, MS

Program Specialist, Spinal Cord Injury Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

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I think what the family needs to be prepared for is a lot of high and lows, especially initially. Frustration, I call it “gadget tolerance.”  As an occupational therapist, we work a lot with adaptive equipment, so setting things up may take longer.  Doing things the way you were taught in rehab, maybe a little bit different at home because the set-up is very different, and we can’t simulate that sometimes in rehab.  So, patience, frustration tolerance, and I also think again, the family needs to communicate, and needs to say, you know, “I can’t do what you’re asking me to do.  Tell me, explain to me.” 

What should families expect when a person with a spinal cord injury comes home?
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