Therapy Success Story: John Becker

Meet John Becker. Mr. Becker is one of the nearly million Americans currently living with Parkinson's disease. A kind and fun-loving gentleman who refuses to let his illness keep him down, Mr. Becker recently found himself requiring a brief stay in the hospital, which eventually lead him through our doors. Having lost some strength, balance, and presenting with some minor cognitive deficits, he was understandably eager to return home with his caring wife, and resume his daily activities.

Prior to his hospitalization, Mr. Becker was independently mobile with minimal assistance from his spouse. Upon evaluation at Juniper Village at Brookline, a lack of ability to self transfer, ambulate and to safely perform some basic activities of daily living was noted. Once he began his program of physical, occupational, and speech therapies, however he rapidly progressed and made tremendous gains in functional ability. (Actual functional outcomes can be seen in the graph below.)

Just two weeks after joining us, Mr. Becker has returned home with his wife. He shares,"The people here are very helpful in their services and attentive to needs and genuinely wanted me to get better.”

Admission Date: 01.29.2016
Discharge Date: 02.12.2016

FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES MEASURED