What are some examples of homebound patients?
A5. Some examples of homebound patients that illustrate the factors used to determine whether a homebound condition exists include: 1. A patient recently paralyzed from a stroke who is confined to a wheelchair or requires the aid of crutches in order to walk; 2. A patient who is blind or senile and requires the assistance of another person to leave his/her residence; 3. A patient who has lost the use of his/her upper extremities and, therefore, is unable to open doors, use handrails on stairways, etc., and requires the assistance of another individual to leave his/her residence; 4. A patient who has just returned from a hospital stay involving surgery suffering from resultant weakness and pain and, therefore, his/her actions may be restricted by his/her physician to certain specified and limited activities such as getting out of bed only for a specified period of time, walking stairs only once a day, etc.; 5. A patient with arteriosclerotic heart disease of such severity that he/she mu
