A patient who has left hemiparesis and ambulates with a walker,using a left ankle-foot orthosis,will go home and use his own double bed.He can only transfer from the left side of the bed.Which of the following would you do?
A) Suggest he rearrange the room so he can transfer from the right (uninvolved side).
B) Suggest he get a hospital bed and turn it so he can enter from the right side.
C) Suggest he sleep in the living room, because it is closer to the bathroom.
D) Suggest he move to a nursing home.

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This intervention will result in increased ease and safety in mobility with regard to his pattern of weakness.

A Patient Who Has Left Hemiparesis and Ambulates with a Walker,using