{"id":3866,"date":"2024-06-21T12:07:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T10:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/?p=3866"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:07:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T10:07:21","slug":"rehabilitation-in-the-geriatric-patient-adaptations-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/rehabilitation-in-the-geriatric-patient-adaptations-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehabilitation in the geriatric patient: adaptations at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What home adaptations would we recommend to the owner of a geriatric animal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Non-slip surfaces: especially where they move around the most (carpet, sports mats, children&#8217;s floors).<\/li>\n<li>Control of the nails and avoid overgrowth of hair between the pads: always trim the nails as short as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Resting area that is insulated from the ground and cold:\n<ol>\n<li>Orthopaedic bedding<\/li>\n<li>If the animal is used to climbing on the sofa or bed, place a ramp to facilitate access.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Elevation of the food and water bowl<\/li>\n<li>If it has rained or we have bathed it: make sure it is well dry<\/li>\n<li>Avoid cold and damp in the house<\/li>\n<li>Use of harnesses<\/li>\n<li>Use of joint protectors<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3867 \" src=\"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/rehabilitacion-en-el-paciente-geriatrico.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/rehabilitacion-en-el-paciente-geriatrico.webp 1000w, https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/rehabilitacion-en-el-paciente-geriatrico-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/rehabilitacion-en-el-paciente-geriatrico-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/rehabilitacion-en-el-paciente-geriatrico-600x400.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What home adaptations would we recommend to the owner of a geriatric animal? Non-slip surfaces: especially where they move around the most (carpet, sports mats, children&#8217;s floors). Control of the nails and avoid overgrowth of hair between the pads: always trim the nails as short as possible. Resting area that is insulated from the ground [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clinical-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}