SOCIAL SERVICES
What does a Social Services Specialist do?
The role of social services revolves around finding successful solutions to that relate to social welfare. They play a big role in assessing the need for services and they provide and fund care services. Social workers a required to have a breadth of skills, since they may be in situations where they have to act as advisers, advocates, counselors and listeners.
At Complete Pulmonary Rehab, our Social Services Specialist will do a comprehensive assessment of:
- the social and emotional factors related to the patient’s illness
- need for care
- response to treatment
- adjustment to care in the CORF
- They may also help determine:
- financial resources
- community resources available upon discharge from the CORF
- the relationship of the patient’s medical and nursing requirements to their home situation
- They may also help determine:
Social Services Specialist
• Assess patient for needs related to therapy
• Nutrition Support and Weight Management
• Refer/suggest various resources available in the community
• Support for Socialization Disorders, Adjustment, Grief and Depression
• Smoking Cessation
How we help you, the patient:
- Exercises for breathing muscles
- Breathing through a mouthpiece against resistance during pulmonary rehab may increase the strength of the breathing muscles. These exercises are infrequently used, but may be helpful for people with very weak breathing muscles.
- Upper-body exercises
- The muscles in the upper body are important for breathing, as well as daily activities. Arm and chest exercises might include turning a crank against resistance, or simply repetitively lifting the arms against gravity.
- Lower-body exercises
- Most centers provide a regimen of exercises that centers on leg workouts. These exercises vary from simple walking on a treadmill or around a track to more intense stair climbing. Most of the proven benefits of pulmonary rehab come from studies in people doing leg exercises.
*Must be motivated and willing to participate in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services.