A group of health care professionals have founded the Avalon Group to make a series of home care videos to facilitate improved patient and caregiver training.

Avalon's first home care video "Hip Replacement: A Practical Guide to Rehabilitation" is now out on videocassette. This is an important reference for any person about to undergo total hip replacement,and for their caregivers and families also.

In video form, important home care instruction can be shared with many different caregivers and the information can be reviewed easily also. This video illustrates ways to modify the home environment to make that enviornment safe,and discusses special adaptive equipment to simplify daily living activities like dressing.Also shown are a series of simple excercises to perform before and after hip relplacement surgery.Situations like getting in and out of vehicles, climbing stairs, and bathroom safety are also addressed.

This health care video is currently in distribution to local hospitals. You can also order this video from the Avalon Group for around $20 plus S and H. For more information call Avalon Group at 1-888-830-7043.

Looking forward to seeing more home health care videos produced in the future,which address other home care concerns.