Meet Bill
- 68 years old
- Diabetic
- Recently released from hospital after surgery following a stroke
- Getting services from your home health agency
While conducting a visit, your home health agency’s physical therapist (PT) reviews Bill’s list of medications and notices he’s diabetic and takes insulin.
The PT asks Bill to walk to the refrigerator and get his medication as part of a functional assessment.
The PT notices that:
- Bill doesn’t have a lot of food in his refrigerator
- Bill’s refrigerator isn’t running
