High-tech home care with a homemade twist.
Usher's syndrome is a rare genetic condition involving hearing loss and gradual progressive blindness due to retinitis pigmentosa--a situation in which self-care at home would seem impossible. Yet innovative methods developed by a creative home care team have allowed a deaf-blind patient to self-administer infusion therapy and chemotherapy in the home setting.
Granger
M A
MA
College of Nursing, University of Southwestern Louisiana.
Hebert
W P
WP
D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D003142:Communication; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016562:Parenteral Nutrition, Home Total / Q000451:nursing*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013675:Technology, High-Cost