bedridden
Unable to rise
Bedridden describes someone confined to bed by illness, injury, or age: She spent her final months bedridden.
The condition implies inability to get up and move around independently.
A bedridden patient requires care brought to them rather than going to receive it.
Unable to leave home
- homeboundConfined to one's residence
- quarantinedIsolated to stop infection
- isolatedSeparated from others
- shut-inPerson confined indoors
confined · trapped · stuck · restricted · secluded · enclosed · imprisoned · locked-in
Prone to poor health
- ailingIn poor health
- feverishHaving elevated temperature
- unwellExperiencing poor health
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
diseased · invalid · languishing · suffering · debilitated · infirm · indisposed · incapacitated
Healthcare provider, bedside
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- bedsideNear the mattress
- bedpanShallow toilet receptacle
- feedingGiving food to
medication · monitoring · turning · homecare · hospice · palliative · round-the-clock · attendant
Unable to move voluntarily
- motionlessLacking all movement
- immobileUnable to shift
- wheelchair-boundDependent on rolling mobility aid
- stationaryNot in motion
inert · sedentary · inactive · prone · supine · recumbent · horizontal · unmoving
Unable to act independently
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- reliantRequiring external support
- dependentRequiring outside support
- incapableLacking requisite ability
One recovering from illness
- recuperatingRegaining health gradually
- healingRestoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- restingIn a state of stillness
mending · improving · restorative · convalescing · strengthening · rebuilding
housebound
Unable to leave home
- homeboundConfined to one's residence
- quarantinedIsolated to stop infection
- isolatedSeparated from others
shut-in · confined · trapped · stuck · restricted · secluded · enclosed · imprisoned · locked-in · grounded
sickly
Prone to poor health
afflicted · diseased · invalid · languishing · suffering · debilitated · infirm · indisposed · incapacitated · hospitalized
nurse
Healthcare provider, bedside
feeding · medication · monitoring · turning · homecare · hospice · palliative · round-the-clock · attendant · aide
paralyzed
Unable to move voluntarily
- motionlessLacking all movement
- immobileUnable to shift
- wheelchair-boundDependent on rolling mobility aid
stationary · inert · sedentary · inactive · prone · supine · recumbent · horizontal · unmoving · still
helpless
Unable to act independently
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- reliantRequiring external support
- dependentRequiring outside support
convalescent
One recovering from illness
- recuperatingRegaining health gradually
- healingRestoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
resting · mending · improving · restorative · convalescing · strengthening · rebuilding
weak
Lacking power or force
infirm · exhausted · enfeebled · withered · decrepit · unsteady · shaky · tremulous · anemic · sapped
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- sicknesssick, ill, unwell, ailing, diseased
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- functional statusfunctional, impaired, independent, dependent, disabled
- bedridden personOne confined to sleeping quarters
- bedridden patientOne confined to bed