Maximum Mobility is a therapy home care program that focuses on improving overall balance problems.

This will help if you have any of the following:

• Gait and Balance deficits
• Assistive Devices (walker, cane)
• Neuropathies:  Diabetes, PVD
• Visual Deficits
• Dizziness:  Taking antivert/meclizine
• Recent Falls
• Recent Mobility Decline; Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's or Stroke

Outcomes include:

• 94% decrease in the risk of falls
• 87% decrease in neuropathic (nerve) pain
• 90% of patients followed for 1 year had not experienced a fall.

If you have three (3) or more of the following risk factors, it is an indication of elevated Fall Risk.

1. Are you over the age of 65?
2. Have you experienced one or more falls in the past year?
3. Do you have neuropathy, numbness in feet or hands or painful feet?
4. Have you experienced a stroke or any other neurological problems?
5. Do you have difficulty with vision?
6. Do you have mobility problems?
7. Do you lose your balance, have general weakness, need assistance to get around, or use assistive devices (walker, cane, wheelchair, etc)?
8. Are you afraid of falling?
9. Do you take more than 4 medications?
10. Do you feel dizzy or unsteady if you make sudden changes in movement, such as bending down or turning quickly?
11. Do you have confusion, feel depressed or have anxiety?

Contact McLaren Visiting Nurse & Hospice customer service at 866-323-5974.