Among Patricia's homecare patients are numerous poor Aborigines who became paraplegics after suffering road accidents while young due to either drinking or fatigue. Attending to them requires combining aspects of nursing (cleaning bedsores, physical rehabilitation, and even helping with laundry and cleaning) with those of social work (securing financial assistance and helping children attend school), as well as ministering to their spiritual needs.
在艾修女的服務對象中，常見家境困難的原住民，年紀輕輕就因酒醉駕車或疲勞駕駛，而不幸成為半身癱瘓的脊髓損傷者，因此，居家工作往往綜合了護理（除了清瘡、指導復健，有時甚至幫獨居者洗衣、清掃環境）、社工（例如尋找補助資源、協助子女就學），及心靈上的撫慰。