My brother has had his leg amputated - what is available for him?

willow56

hello my name is Christine and i've joined the group because my brother has just had to have a leg amputated and I want to find out more about what is available to help him re adjust to his life , thank you 

Sam_Alumni

Hi @willow56
Welcome to the community.

A good place for your brother to start, is to see what financial help he could get and he can do that by filling in the benefits calculator.

He could ask to be referred to an Occupational Therapist - Occupational therapy aims to improve your ability to do everyday tasks if you're having difficulties.  They look at activities you find difficult and see if there's another way you can do it.

Is your brother in work? He could speak to our employment advisors who may be able to give him information on reasonable adjustments in the workplace.

Has he been given some physical rehabilitation through the hospital? And does he have everything he needs at home?

There is a lot of great information here about amputation that may help and there is the limbless association who provide lots of support and information that may help.

He can, of course, join us here on the community as you have and he can chat to our members, speak to our experts and get lots of care and support.

Thanks for getting in touch and I hope this helps

Jean_OT

Hi @willow56

The Scope website has a whole section of information aimed specifically at people who have recently become disabled:

https://www.scope.org.uk/support/disabled-people/becoming-disabled/overview

Best Wishes

Jean

https://community.scope.org.uk/categories/ask-an-occupational-therapist

Sam_Alumni

Does this help @willow56

Let us know if there is anything else we can help with.