Elderly Care & Rehabilitation
“Restoring mobility, regaining strength, and independence—dedicated physiotherapy for older adults.” – all within the comfort of the care home
Rehabilitation of Elderly in care homes
Our elderly care and rehabilitation services are intended to help seniors stay free from the physical limitations of aging . We are here to assist the older adults by providing rehabilitation to promote independence and enhance life quality. Prolonged inactivity due to illness and injury results in physical deconditioning resulting in muscles weakness and increased reliance on the use of specialist equipment for transfers. The rehabilitation plans are personalised according to the needs and wishes of elderly individuals and developed to restore movement, muscle strength, balance and stability. Whether you are recovering from an accident, surgery, lengthy hospital stay or simply want to prevent decline and maintain mobility, our expert team of Physiotherapists can help in achieving optimum recovery.
What do we offer ?
We have a team of hcpc registered and highly experienced Physiotherapists who specialise in older individuals and understand the dynamics of aging. Our team’s end goal is to assist older people to live independently and attain a quality life.
Gait training and re-education
Mobility plays a critical role in maintaining quality of life in an elderly individual. Long term conditions, joint stiffness and muscle weakness result in balance deficits which increases the risk of falls and fractures. We help in improving and maintaining mobility in elderly by gait training, muscle strengthening, increasing flexibility, building confidence and promoting postural control.
Pain Management
Chronic pain is common in elderly which impairs the movement significantly. We offer assessment of the cause of pain and effective pain management strategies. This may be done by prescribing appropriate exercise plan, use of manual therapy techniques, modalities, correction of gait pattern and education to improve quality of life.
Falls Prevention
We assess extrinsic and intrinsic falls risks and develop individualised plans working on gait pattern, balance and coordination. The aim is to minimise the likelihood of an injury and maximise the older adults' confidence in their movements. This includes prescription of appropriate aids and equipment, education on creating safe environment at home and falls prevention strategies.
Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
We offer intensive post-surgical rehabilitation in older individuals focussed on preventing complications, regaining strength, mobility, balance and promoting long term- independence.
Physiotherapy post hospital discharge
We take pride in providing high quality service to assist in smooth transition from hospital to home after prolonged stay. Prolonged hospital stay results in making individuals weak, low in energy and easily fatigues ultimately affecting the functional independence. We provide hands on treatment and assist in your recovery journey right from the beginning providing We provide hands-on treatment and personalised input from the very beginning, delivering quality care throughout your recovery journey.
Our Part in Encouraging Elderly to Stay Independent
Physiotherapy is greatly useful for aging people as it enables them to move around, stay strong, and maintain their overall well-being. Our experienced physiotherapists know the challenges the patients face when growing older and are hindered by balance, muscle strength, and chronic pain. To address this, we operate on evidence-based interventions that ensure early recovery and promoting independence.
Gait training: Maintaining mobility is essential for the health, independence, and overall quality of life of older adults. Aging and being sedentary affects the muscle strength and reduces at the ability to move. This affects the mobility pattern, pace and confidence in older adults. We support older adults in regaining mobility through tailored exercise programs targeted towards individual needs. Our team members use their expertise to identify specific mobility challenges, and help older adults to mobilise safely and confidently with or without the use of aids. Our holistic and , patient-centred approach ensures you receive the support and guidance needed to regaining, restoring and maintaining mobility as well as improving your quality of life.
Balance and stability: We focus on improving dynamic balance and coordination with the goal of reducing the risk of falls, which is a common concern amongst older adults. The key risk factors are identified after thorough assessment using appropriate outcome measures and personalised plans are developed to improve strength, stability and balance.
Pain Management: Pain is unique to each individual, and it can be both physically and mentally exhausting. Our work is guided by the latest evidence, with the aim of restoring comfort and enhancing mobility. Our therapists are able adept at using manual therapy techniques , massage, soft tissue mobilisations, specific exercises and stretches in addition to patient education, empowering individuals to participate actively in their recovery.
Correcting Posture: We are able to assess and address postural deficits that contribute to worsening pain and poor mobility patterns. Our Physiotherapists are skilled at identifying specific areas of misalignment, and develop targeted exercise programs specifically aimed at improving posture. This helps in enhancing comfort, eases movement and improves functional abilities in older adults.
Building Strength and Stamina: Our rehabilitation programs, are by experienced and highly competent Physiotherapists, who offer targeted, evidence-based exercises designed to improve endurance, strength, and overall physical resilience needed for daily activities. The plans are carefully monitored and reviewed on ongoing basis ensuring safe progression and optimal results. The goal is to empower seniors maintain their independence and enjoy a higher quality of life.
Equipment and aids: We are able to assess each individual’s needs to prescribe appropriate aids and equipments such as frames,transfer aids, walking sticks, orthotic supports, and other adaptive tools for activities of daily living.To support safe movement and enhance independence, we provide guidance on the appropriate use of mobility equipment and assistive aids. Proper training in the use of these aids can significantly reduce the risk of falls, improve stability and boost confidence during daily activities. We ensure that all equipment is being used correctly and integrated seamlessly into each patient’s rehabilitation plan for optimal results. We are also able to assess the appropriate equipment for an individual as well as training the staff and care taker in the proper technique to use.individualso
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Getting Started with Physiotherapy for elderly in care home
Initial consultation: The process begins with a subjective assessment, where we gather detailed information about the older adult’s medical history, physical condition, and functional abilities. Family members and care home staff play a crucial role in providing this information as it forms the basis of the personalised rehabilitation plan.
Comprehensive Assessment: In the first face to face appointment, a thorough assessment is conducted which includes mobility, muscle strength, flexibility, sensations, co-ordination and any equipments used. This allows us to identify areas requiring support and tailor our approach to meet the individual’s specific needs.
Building a Customised Care Plan: Based on the information and physical assessment, the therapist develops a personalised treatment plan using a person -centred approach and focussed on the goals outlined by the older adults, family and carers.
Ongoing treatment and communication : We pride ouselves with providing hands on intervention which is high quality and based on current evidence. The treatment plan is carefully monitored, reviewed and modified based on the progress and changing needs of the older adults to ensure it remains effective. We are happy to provide regular updates to the family as needed.
Maintenance support: After the initial goals have been achieved, we continue to provide ongoing support to prevent regression and maintain the progress achieved. Our focus is to promote independence and ensure that elderly individual sustains the functional level to achieve good quality of life.
Frequently Asked Questions
Elderly rehabilitation involves helping older adults to recover from surgery, illness, or injury and manage other age-related conditions. The service uses holistic approach to improve quality of life on an elderly individual.
We offer home-based rehabilitation plans tailored to each individual’s needs, promoting faster recovery and helping regain independence after critical surgeries like joint replacements.
We manage various conditions including arthritis, stroke, chronic illnesses, post-hospital recovery, and age-related decline, among others.
Physiotherapy input helps improve mobility, reduce pain, and prevent falls, ensuring older adults remain independent.
Please call us at carehomephysio.co.uk or send an enquiry through the ‘Contact Us’ section on our website and we can arrange for the Physiotherapist to assess your father. We can promptly schedule a visit from one of our expert physiotherapists to carry out a thorough assessment at the care home. Following this, a personalised rehabilitation plan will be developed specifically tailored to his specific needs and goals, ensuring the highest level of support throughout the recovery journey.
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Your Therapists
Nicole is an Australian-trained physiotherapist with experience across many hospitals and community settings spanning England and Australia. She has a special interest in neurological rehabilitation, in particular after stroke and spinal cord injury.
Nicole is proficient in the use of electrical stimulation, splinting, spasticity and tone management. She is also an APPI trained pilates instructor and incorporates the principles of pilates to improve postural alignment, correct abnormal movement patterns and facilitate motor relearning.
Nicole applies a client-specific goal based approach to rehabilitation to make the rehabilitative journey meaningful to each individual.
Ollie graduated from Kings College London with a Postgraduate Masters Degree in Physiotherapy. In addition Ollie also has an Undergraduate degree in Sports Science.
Ollie has a wide range of experience, working in Cardiology, Elderly, Thoracic and Urological Surgery Wards. He has a special interest in Acute Respiratory Physiotherapy, Elderly Rehabilitation, as well as extensive experience of working with Paediatric patients in the community.
In his spare time, Ollie enjoys cooking, playing Footballs, and going on country walks with his family.
Hanna Rudden graduated with a BSc in physiotherapy from the University of Mälardalen, in Sweden, in 2010.
Her career has provided a breadth of experience with time spent in orthopaedics, surgical wards, paediatrics, elderly rehabilitation, MSK rapid response and pelvic health for women.
Hanna spends her spare time with her family and friends and when her young daughter allows, she enjoys calligraphy as well as exercising in the gym.
Nic Photiou is an experienced HCPC registered physiotherapist working in the NHS as well as taking on private patients. Armed with a Human Physiology degree from the University of Leeds and a Physiotherapy degree from Brunel University London (2019), Nic has been actively contributing to the field since her graduation. Nic has always enjoyed helping and caring for those around her, driven by passion for health, physiology, and the intricacies of the human body.
Nic’s professional focus revolves around the health of the human body, particularly in terms of pathology and recovery from disease and injury. This, combined with her empathetic nature, motivating to assist individuals in reaching their physical potential despite disability or injury. Nic prioritises collaborative relationships within the Multidisciplinary Team and boast experience in diverse areas such as elderly care, falls prevention, community home visits, musculoskeletal injuries, orthopaedics, neurological disorders, dementia, palliative care, and a special interest in respiratory physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
Nic employs a comprehensive approach to assessment tools and hands-on-treatments, relying on systemic assessment methods and current evidence, and guidelines to facilitate appropriate management. Her interpersonal skills, a personal strength, are pivotal in building rapport and fostering excellent therapeutic relationships.
Residing in North London, her hometown, Nic cherishes spending time outside of physiotherapy with family, engaging in activities such as cooking, gardening, strength training, and hiking.
Toby is an experienced HCPC and CSP registered Physiotherapist. Toby qualified as a Physiotherapist from Kings College London with distinction in 2019. With over 5 years of experience, Toby currently works as a Senior Specialist Physiotherapist within the NHS and Privately. With experience in Musculoskeletal, Neurological, Orthopaedic conditions, and Elderly Rehabilitation including general mobility issues, Toby brings a practical approach to patient care. He is dedicated to developing personalised and holistic rehabilitation plans to enhance the well-being and function of individuals under their care. Through their expertise and commitment, Toby continues to make meaningful contributions to their clients, improving the lives of clients one step at a time.
Venkat has twenty years of experience in providing Physiotherapy assessment and treatment to patients in NHS and private settings. The areas of expertise are Neuro- rehabilitation, Elderly care, musculoskeletal conditions, elective and trauma orthopedics, falls, out of hospital care, post-cancer rehabilitation and palliative care. Venkat completed his Masters in Physiotherapy from Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Venkat had completed Health Education England ‘Quality Improvement fellowship in Frailty’. He has strong inter-personal skills and forms great rapport with patients. Venkat understands the importance of rehabilitation and adapts different approach to get patients back to the previous functional level. He specializes in developing tailor made rehabilitation plan using Evidence based approach. With his pleasant personality and holistic approach, Venkat gets excellent feedback from patients.
Mehmet is an experienced clinician who qualified in Bulgaria and working in UK since 2016. He is highly skilled, and areas of expertise are neuro-rehab, musculoskeletal issues, elderly rehab, post-operative care and general rehabilitation. Along with ‘UKhomephysio’, Mehmet is skilled in devising therapy plans for the individuals with complex conditions and disabilities. He has strong experience in the use of assistive devices like hoists etc.
In addition to above, Mehmet has special interest in treatment of musculoskeletal problems, sprains and strains. Mehmet’s approach is holistic and aims towards working at the root of the problem by providing advice about lifestyle management along with a combination of exercises and manual therapy.
Experienced Occupational Therapist with a specialist focus on complex moving and handling practice and training, creative problem solving via assessment and equipment provision, formal/informal carer assessment training and facilitating single handed care.
As a well a practised therapist Christain is knowledgeable and experienced in the provision of major and minor adaptations for a wide range of clients across multiple disabilities, ages and cultural backgrounds. Clinical experience includes special needs education/support work, inpatient rehab/discharge planning in a hospital setting, case-load management both in hospital and social services settings as well as private sector manual handling training in addition to dealing with complex cases.
A registered physiotherapist in the UK, her expertise is in neurology and neuromuscular conditions in both adults and teens with twenty year’s experience of daily hospital physiotherapy treatments, patients care in Hungary and the UK. Gabriella is experienced in applying the McKenzie method to patients suffering from musculoskeletal disorders. Her areas of expertise are involved mainly with neuro-rehabilitation, especially with stroke victims of all levels and sufferers of musculoskeletal conditions. She is certified in the McKenzie A,B,C,D and E, courses. Gabriella is able to evaluate, treat, and create a preventative maintenance course of action. Her goals of therapy are reducing pain, centralization of symptoms, and a complete recovery from pain. Gabriella is an expert in creating a specialized personal programme which includes education, encouragement, an exercise programme, and self-care treatment. In addition to this, Gabriella has experience in treating neurological conditions like stroke, Parkinsons disease etc. She has goal focussed and holistic approach which has benefitted patients immensely. Gabriella is a highly experienced Physio who has worked across various sectors and gained skills to provide efficient and effective patient care. settings. She continuously develops her personal and professional skills, and her drive and positive attitude is infectious to both patients, their families and her colleagues.
Raj qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2000 and worked internationally before moving to UK in 2005. Since then, Raj been providing physiotherapy specialist assessment and treatment both NHS and Private patient’s in clinic and home settings.
Raj is strong believer of life long learning and his expertise includes in the field of Musculoskeletal conditions, Orthopaedics and trauma, Post discharge care, palliative and neuro rehabilitation. He understands the client focussed intervention and he tailors his approach for each individual with evidence based intervention depending on their needs and preference.
Physiotherapy intervention to relieve chronic back pain is his special area of expertise and he has helped numerous patients with promising results.
Vinod qualified in India as a Physiotherapist in 2000 and started working with NHS in 2007. He has experience in working in a variety of different specialties within the NHS as well as the private sector over the years in junior and senior level. Specialties include musculoskeletal, neurological, rehabilitation, care of the elderly, falls prevention, balance training, orthopeadic conditions and community rehabilitation.
Neuro-rehabilitation included work with patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, stroke patients and Multiple Sclerosis etc. He is skilled in rehabilitation of elderly patients with generalised deconditioning, falls, joint replacement, fractures and reduced mobility. As well as working for UKhome Physio , Vinod currently works as a senior Physiotherapist with NHS in a community rehabilitation team.
Bobby has been a Physiotherapist for last eight years with experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams across NHS and private sector. His areas of expertise are rehabilitaion following orthopedic surgeries like backs and joint replacements, muskuloskeletal conditions, stroke, amputations etc. He is competent in developing and implementing the rehabilitaion plans. Bobby covers North-east London and Essex within commutable distance. He has a pleasant personalty and gets regular appreciation from patients about his dedication and knowledge.
Mani has seventeen years of experience in providing Physiotherapy assessment and treatment to patients in NHS and private settings. The areas of expertise are elderly care, musculoskeletal conditions, elective and trauma orthopaedics, falls, out of hospital care, post-cancer rehabilitation, palliative care and neuro-rehabilitation.
She is a trained Dementia specialist and possess excellent knowledge about the condition including the techniques to engage with patients. Her expertise also includes providing training to carers, care home staff, family members, equipment prescription, assessment, training and advice. Having worked in both wards and community, she understands the importance of rehabilitation needed to get patients back to the previous level of function and mobility. Strong inter-personal skills and a caring attitude has given her the ability to strike great rapport with patients.
Mani’s approach is holistic thus, treating patient to achieve optimal health. In addition to providing treatment for above conditions, Mani is also skilled in therapeutic massage to relieve spasms and pain. Each day is a new learning experience, and she endeavours to provide treatment based on sound clinical evidence. Mani has worked with numerous case management clients and rehabilitation managers taking on medico-legal cases and writing reports for the solicitors and court cases.
Evo has been a qualified physiotherapist since 2014. His expertise is in neurology and neuromuscular conditions in children and young adults. Evo is a full-time research physiotherapist, and an author of several papers in neuromuscular diseases. He has presented his work at numerous events and academic conferences around the globe.
Evo graduated with Master’s degree in paediatric physiotherapy from University College London in 2021. Apart from academia, he is regularly involved in the outpatient clinics at a tertiary NHS hospital where he works. His other interests are in sport and sport injuries and prevention, exercise physio, balance and falls prevention. During the current senario , Evo volunteered for 3 months at Royal Free hospital and worked in the major pandemic Intensive Care Units. In his spare time, Evo is a keen trail ultramarathon runner, mountain hiker and climber.
Tosin has over 21 years of experience working as a physiotherapist in NHS hospitals, private physiotherapy clinics, community rapid response and intermediate care environments. She specialises in rehabilitation within patients’ own home. She is very experienced in assessment and treatment of a wide range of conditions like,falls, orthopaedics, neurological disorders, palliative care, dementia, musculoskeletal issues etc.
Tosin is able to use a wide range of physiotherapy assessment and clinical reasoning skills in order to diagnose and formulate an effective treatment plan for her patients. Her approach is evidence based which tends to ensure goals setting with patients is SMART to help manage and establish patient expectations for a positive outcome.