Common Ideas
There is a big puddle on the floor blocking the entrance to your room. What should you do?
What is ask the nurse to mop it up before you enter your room?
Walking up and down stairs has been difficult since your stroke. The stairs have no side rails.
What is have someone install side rails.
Your house is on fire.
Who is the fire department (911)?
This could happen if you don't remember to lock your wheelchair brakes before standing.
Name 2 items that children should not play with.
What are matches, cleaning products, knives, weapons, sharp objects, etc?
You are physically impaired following a surgery and are learning to walk again. It is wintertime and you enjoy bathrobes, however the robes have tripped you several times.
What is buy a shorter robe?
OR What is stop wearing long robes until you are able to walk safely again?
You have questions about one of your medications.
Who is your pharmacist?
OR who is your doctor?
This happens if you don't take care of your teeth or go to the dentist for bi-annual checkups.
What are cavities, gum disease, lost teeth, or toothaches?
Name any two items you might accidentally trip on in your room.
What are Shoes, Oxygen Cord, items left on floor, electrical cord, Oxygen tank.
It is summertime, and you are at home most of the day. Your home is not air-conditioned, and the temperature is well over 90 degrees. Most of the windows are painted shut and you do not have the strength to open them. Your fan just stopped working.
What is hire a handyman to fix the windows, the fan, or install an airconditioning unit.
You see someone suspicious walking around your neighborhood late at night?
Who is the police department?
This can happen if you don't lock the doors to your home.
This could happen if you take too much medication or the wrong medication.
What is sickness, adverse reaction with other medications, allergic reaction, hospitalization, death.
Your spouse is losing their hearing and watches TV with the volume so high that it is actually painful for your ears.
What is send them to a hearing doctor to be checked for hearing aids?
OR... What is buy them headphones that plug into the TV?
You call this person if you are having trouble with your hearing aids.
Who is your audiologist (ear doctor)?
This can happen if you don't bathe yourself regularly.
What is unwanted smell, unhealthy skin, wounds?
You like to dry your hair in front of the mirror, but the only outlet for your hair dryer is inches from the sink. What could go wrong?
What is ELECTROCUTION!
You notice that it is extremely difficult to get up from the commode in your bathroom and you often need assistance.
What is ask your doctor to refer you to an Occupational therapist who can help recommend modifications to your bathroom to make it safer?
You notice you have ants in your house that you can't get rid of.
Who is the exterminator.
This can happen if you don't wear your oxygen as recommended by your doctor.
What is dizziness, confusion, respiratory distress, falls?