Introduction

Gloria Mills is a 75 year old female who has recently been diagnosed with bilateral cataracts and is on the waiting list for eye surgery in the next few weeks. She fell a couple of days ago, leaving her house, and has a fractured right wrist and has a plaster cast in place. She was self-administering her antibiotic eye drops for an eye infection. She is right handed and is not able to self- administer at the moment.

Gloria lives alone following the recent death of her partner; she does not have any friends or family close by to offer assistance.

Which healthcare profssional would be best placed to provide support Gloria?