03 Daily Life of Home Rehabilitation [What Only I Can Do]

I believe there are things that only home rehabilitation staff can do, which neither home-visit doctors nor home-visit nurses can. I believe that is
improving QOL (Quality of Life), and
bringing out the best smiles.

This person loved their home garden. Spending time in the garden was their greatest happiness, that was the kind of person they were. However, they developed a refractory illness and spent about a year repeatedly being admitted to and discharged from the hospital. As they repeatedly went in and out of the hospital, their physical strength declined, they became increasingly unable to move, and finally, they became unable to walk, spending their days in bed. Their condition continued to worsen, and they were discharged home due to their strong desire to "spend my final days at home. I want to see my home garden one last time." After discharge, home-visit medical care and home-visit nursing were introduced. About a month after discharge, their condition miraculously stabilized, and they began to be able to move a little bit. Then, home rehabilitation was introduced with the goal of "being able to move a little more." Even though they were bedridden at first, they wanted to do things for themselves, and with the hope that "

someday I want to go out to the garden," they worked very hard. And, their wish came true and they were finally able to go out into the garden. I still cannot forget the smile on their face when they went out into the garden. I wanted the home-visit doctor and nurses who had worked hard with us to see this smile, so I asked the user for permission to take a photo and showed it to them. The doctor then said, "I'm so happy!! That's a wonderful smile. May I have this photo?" So, with the user's permission, I shared it with the doctor. At that moment, I realized something. It is only home rehabilitation that can see this smile. Home-visit doctors and home-visit nurses can see the user's condition inside the home, but they cannot fulfill this person's wish of "going out to the garden." I believe this is a job unique to home rehabilitation. I want to continue working hard as a home rehabilitation staff member to bring out this smile. Since this person has found a new goal, they are currently working hard on rehabilitation toward that goal.

[Brief Note]
Do you know the difference between "home-visit medical care" (homon shinryo) and "house calls" (oshin)? When I was working at a hospital, I thought they were the same thing. Actually, they are different!!

They are the same in that "a doctor visits a patient who has difficulty going to the hospital at their home," but "home-visit medical care" refers to visiting a patient regularly, whereas if a patient calls for an unscheduled visit due to feeling unwell, it is called a "house call." Sometimes, users tell me, "The doctor made a house call yesterday," so when I ask, thinking, "Did they feel unwell?", it is often the case that the user did not know the difference between "home-visit medical care" and "house calls."