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Older adults · balance, falls and mobility · Bhopal

He says he's fine. You'd like someone to check.

Physiotherapy at home for older people losing strength, steadiness or confidence on their feet. The same physiotherapist every time , and a written update to you every week, wherever in the country you live.

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Free, at their home. A senior physiotherapist examines them and tells you honestly whether we can help.

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Treatment in the room they already live in

Does this sound familiar?

The signs are small, and easy to explain away.

  • Holds the furniture on the way to the bathroom.
  • Stopped going out, and says it's because of the heat.
  • Takes the stairs one foot at a time now.
  • Getting out of a chair needs both hands and a moment.
  • Had a fall. Mentioned it a week later, in passing.
  • Hasn't been the same since the hospital stay.

Why it usually stops

It rarely stops because it wasn't working.

The most common reason an older patient stops physiotherapy is that they do not want to be a burden.

  1. Getting there is the whole event

    An auto both ways, someone to help down the stairs, an hour of waiting. Twice a week for six months is not the same ask as twice a week for a fortnight.

  2. Somebody has to take leave

    They can see the cost of every appointment written on their family's week, and they start saying they're managing.

  3. Nobody sees the days in between

    Near-falls aren't mentioned. Exercises get shortened. Progress is invisible until something happens that can't be hidden.

What the treatment involves

Four things, worked on for as long as they're useful.

  • Leg strength

    Thigh and hip strength, measured in kilograms so a good month can be told apart from a good day.

  • Balance

    Standing steadiness and steadiness while turning and walking: the two things that most often come before a fall.

  • Stairs and standing up

    Getting out of a chair, off a bed and up a step: practised in their own home, on their own furniture.

  • The home itself

    Where the rugs, the wires, the bathroom step and the light switches are making things harder than they need to be.

Nothing here is a promise about recovery. It is what the work consists of. What it achieves depends on the person, and your physiotherapist will be honest with you about that at the assessment.

What to expect

Geriatric care doesn't finish. It changes shape.

  1. First 4–6 weeks

    Build

    Visits several times a week. Strength and balance measured at the start so everything after can be compared to it.

  2. Months 2–4

    Take over

    Visits reduce as they become independent. Supervised sessions on the days between keep the work correct and the week full.

  3. Onward

    Hold

    Fewer sessions, still supervised, with a full reassessment every three months. Strength lost after 70 is hard to get back: easier to keep.

Timings are general. Your physiotherapist gives you a realistic plan in writing at the assessment, and reviews it with you every four weeks.

If you're arranging this from another city

You shouldn't have to work it out from phone calls.

You receive the same written report their doctor receives , every week, with the actual measurements. Not "he's doing okay."

Distance stops being the reason you don't know how your parent is doing.

  • A weekly written report Strength, balance, sessions completed, and what the physiotherapist plans next.
  • Told the same day if something is wrong A fall, a decline, a red flag. You and their doctor hear immediately, not on Sunday.
  • Their attendant, trained by us Four hours of training and a competency check, so the person already there knows exactly what to do.
  • One number to call The same senior physiotherapist owns the case. You are not re-explaining it to someone new.
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Who would look after them

One physiotherapist, employed by us, for the whole of it.

We are not a marketplace. A senior physiotherapist assesses your parent in person, writes the plan, reviews it every four weeks, and is the person you speak to throughout. If it isn't working, tell us and we will change it.

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Before you enquire

This isn't right for everyone, and we'll say so.

Usually a good fit

  • Gradual loss of strength, balance or walking distance
  • Recovering after a fall, an illness or a hospital stay
  • Fear of falling that has shrunk what they do
  • Long-term joint pain limiting how much they move
  • Someone at home who could be trained to help

We would send you elsewhere

  • An unexplained fall or sudden decline that needs a doctor first
  • Anything unstable enough to need same-day medical review
  • The first weeks after complex surgery
  • Treatment needing a pool or gym equipment

We would rather lose the enquiry than take on someone we cannot treat properly. The check-up is free either way, and we will tell you where to go instead.

The things people ring up about.

This is the most common call we get. Usually the refusal is about not wanting to be a burden rather than about the physiotherapy. The free check-up helps because it costs nothing and asks nothing: a physiotherapist comes to the house, examines him, and he can say no afterwards. Most people find that easier to agree to than a course of treatment.

No cost · no obligation

Start with a free check-up at their home.

A senior physiotherapist comes to them in Bhopal, examines them properly, and tells you honestly whether we can help. If we can't, we'll say where to go instead.

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