bedbound
Stuck in sheets
Bedbound means confined to bed, typically due to illness, injury, or disability.
Someone who is bedbound cannot get up to move around: She spent her final months bedbound.
The word describes a more severe limitation than bedridden, though the two are often used interchangeably.
Able to wait calmly
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- chronicPersisting over time
invalid · debility · frailty · palliative · homecare · ailment · infirmary · hospice
Loss of muscle function
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- disabledMade unable to function
- quadriplegicParalyzed in all limbs
- paraplegicLower-limb paralysis sufferer
nonambulatory · immobility · atrophy · ventilator · dependence · contractures · hoisting · repositioning
Recurring unconscious repose
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- pillowsCushioned head supports
- blanketsFabric bed coverings
- mattressPadded sleeping surface
comfort · drowsiness · slumber · nap · doze · recumbent · lying · propped
Recovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- recuperationGradual return to health
- healingRestoration of health
- convalescentOne recovering from illness
improvement · regain · strength · progress · physiotherapy · mobility · exercises · resilience
patient
Able to wait calmly
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
chronic · invalid · debility · frailty · palliative · homecare · ailment · infirmary · hospice · sickbed
paralysis
Loss of muscle function
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- disabledMade unable to function
- quadriplegicParalyzed in all limbs
paraplegic · nonambulatory · immobility · atrophy · ventilator · dependence · contractures · hoisting · repositioning · lifting
sleep
Recurring unconscious repose
mattress · comfort · drowsiness · slumber · nap · doze · recumbent · lying · propped · cushions
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- recuperationGradual return to health
- healingRestoration of health
convalescent · improvement · regain · strength · progress · physiotherapy · mobility · exercises · resilience · mend
- chronic illnesschronic pain, exhaustion, chronic fatigue, fatigue, malaise
bedboundambulatory
Able to walk
mobile · up and about · able-bodied · walking · active
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