The Dreaded ADL

I got to work on toileting for the first time. Lucky for me, my patient is breaking me in slowly. She refused to actually use the toilet but she went through all the motions for me including handling her LB garments, which she did splendidly. She is making great progress and I believe she will be able to be D/C'd soon. While at the SNF, I ran into a patient I used to regularly talk to when I used to volunteer there and asked her how she was doing. It broke my heart to hear that she has given up on going home. She was always so cheerful and worked hard in therapy when I was a volunteer over a year ago. Her health has severely declined and she has accepted it. She is still getting OT though for toileting because it is still important to her. Toileting was one thing I always dreaded having to deal with before going out on fieldwork. Hearing how important it is to clients to be able to maintain that ability first hand now makes it a priority on my list.