Clinical

Background & Philosophy

With improvement in medical knowledge and advancement in techniques, life is often saved in previously life threatening diseases or disorders. However, life being saved does not necessarily mean “cure”.  The person is often disabled either temporarily (as in the case of fractures) or permanently. Added to this are the other factors that increase the number of disabled people in our country.

Accidents resulting in paralysis, amputations, fractures

Increased life expectancy with more and more people living to eighty and above with concomitant increase in diseases like diabetes and hypertension and resulting complications like stroke, amputation etc

Children with disability

A regular hospital is unable to deal with the special needs of disabled people and they are often discharged home once they are medically stable. Once home, patients and family members are ill equipped to deal with the needs of the disabled person who now has to relearn how to do the things he/she used to do before including routine activities like eating, walking, talking etc.

To cater to this population, JSS hospital commenced the PMR centre in Dec 2016. Since its inception we have rehabilitated over 150 patients some to their homes. Others to their work place and several children back to normal school.

JSS PMRC, the only one of its kind in Mysore is a comprehensive centre with physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, medical social worker, rehabilitation psychology, rehabilitation nursing specialists and with medical support from the hospital.

Rehabilitation of a person with disability includes long term training to equip him/her to cope physically and emotionally and socially with their situation. This includes technological assistance like wheelchairs, aids and appliances and architectural modifications

The cost of services in JSSPMRC is a fraction of what is charged by such centres in other cities. We are uniquely placed because of the support from other JSS institutions in terms of schooling and job opportunities for our patients once rehabilitated.

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Patient Need

• Self-care skills, including activities of daily living (ADLs)
• Feeding, grooming, bathing, dressing, toileting, and sexual function
• Physical care
• Nutritional needs, medicine, and skin care
• Mobility skills
• Walking, transfers, and self-propelling a wheelchair
• Respiratory care
• Ventilator care, if needed; breathing treatments and exercises to promote lung function
• Communication skills
• Speech, writing, and alternative methods of communication
• Cognitive skills
• Memory, concentration, judgment, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Socialization skills
• Interacting with others at home and within the community
• Vocational training
• Pain management
• Medicine and alternative methods of managing pain
• Psychological counselling
• Identifying problems and solutions with thinking, behavioural, and emotional issues
• Family support
• Assistance with adapting to lifestyle changes, financial concerns, and discharge planning
• Education
• Patient and family education and training about the condition, medical care, and adaptive techniques

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