Comfort Home Care
APRIL 18, 2024
From the characteristic tremors and rigidity to challenges with balance and mobility, Parkinson’s presents a unique set of obstacles that can make even the simplest tasks daunting. Eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, and toileting are crucial for maintaining health and independence.
Hospice News
MAY 2, 2022
Even when a caregiver is present, that person may be elderly or ill themselves, or be unable to be in the home around the clock due to work or other obligations. The nation is in need of a “total overhaul” in terms of how we think about caregiving and its place in the health care system, according to Sonya Dolan and BJ Miller, M.D.,
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Chicago Caregiving
APRIL 17, 2024
Once familiar with your new environment, you may feel more at ease to truly be present for your loved one. If you normally take care of the patient’s basic needs at home, offering to help your nurse with feeding or bathing may provide emotional reassurance to you and your loved one. What is the plan for the next day?
Traditions Health
MAY 1, 2023
Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube. When to Seek Help Caring for someone with ALS often presents many challenges for the patient’s primary caregiver. ALS can also impair the ability to think and cause significant changes to a person’s memory.
Hospice Nurse Hero
AUGUST 21, 2022
Simply put, you must compare the present to the past. For example, if your patient was eating 50% upon admission and able to feed themselves, and now they require assistance with feeding and are only eating 25%, you should state it in detail. Bathing patient now requires two individuals due to heightened agitation.
Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 18, 2022
For instance, you may need to touch, feed, or even bathe a patient. As a nurse, it might be tempting to promise the family that you will be present when their loved one dies. Now, let’s break that down in a little bit more. To begin, as a nurse, you are in a position of power and authority when you provide care.
Living With Hospice
AUGUST 26, 2020
And then of course, there's bathing in toilet and on and on and on and on and on, then collapsing from sheer exhaustion for a few hours of sleep when when you can get it. You know, we're just present. So here's some things that you can do. Some of the best things we say are really never even said or spoken. I'm here for you.
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