Durable Medical Equipment - equipment rented or owned necessary for the health maintenance of the client to remain at home safely. These goods are ordered by the physician and are contingent upon the client remaining home. Pressing a button on the unit or pendent automatically dials emergency rescue. They are free to those with Medicaid who qualify for the service, they can be rented on sliding scale from the Office of the Aging or rented from a private provider. Physical Therapy - A licensed professional whose job it is to detect, assess, prevent, correct, alleviate, and limit physical disability and body malfunction.
Physical therapy can be for preventative and therapeutic purposes.
In other words Occupational Therapy helps you do what you can do or could do better. Respiratory Therapy - the technical specialty concerned with the treatment, management and care of the patients with respiratory problems. Speech Therapy - technical specialty concerned with assessment and rehabilitation of persons with speech or language disorder as well as swallowing problems. Alzheimer's Disease - is an irreversible senile dementia characterized by intellectual deterioration, disorganization of the personality, and functional disabilities in carrying out the tasks of daily living. This disease is definitively diagnosed only after autopsy.