Taking care of a person with Alzheimer's or who is disable is not an easy job at all.When a person is disabled or has a late stage of Alzheimer's Dementia, one of the functions that they lose is being able to care for themselves.
Alzheimer's Disease is really on the rise over the last two decade, but we as a people are not fully aware of how we need to properly care for them.The first thing we normally look for is a facility to put them in to care for them. That is great and all, but I just feel that noone will care for your love one like you.
You may wonder what do I know about this topic. Well, my father has had this terrible disease for over 15 years. Over the past few years, I have been his caregiver. After losing all mobility and functions of his limbs he was no longer able to care for himself.
With caregiving being so new to me or my family, we had no idea what to expect. Research on the computer only gave us clinical advise, which we consulted our doctor on that issue. What we needed was someone who had been through what we were about to be involved in. Taking my father to a nursing home was out of the question. My Mother would not have it.I came across a book. The book was by John Dupree, who was a researcher of Alzheimer's and wind up getting the disease himself.The information in his book was the best information I could have ever received.He gave insights on what possibly goes on in the mind of a person after finding out they have this disease.
One of the first things you would learn if you have a love one who has lost all mobility and confined to a bed is how quickly bedsores can develop.Through research, I learned how infection can easily set in through bedsores and depend on the age of a person, the infection can be very bad.You hear about a lot of bedsores on patients in nursing homes.
One of the things I do each and everyday is turn my father every 4 hours during the day. After breakfast, he is turned on his left side and two hours later he is turned on his right side, then I place him on his back for two hours . Even though this is a lot of work it has prevented any bed sores from occuring.This not only prevents bedsores, but it keeps a person from hurting laying in one spot for so long. This procedure above is mainly for bedridden people that has lost all mobility and speech.
The second thing I do is make sure he is changed throughout the day.That is very, very, important because being wet or just not changed for a long period of time and just lying in the bed is the quickest way to get bedsores.Even if have changed them, always check periodically to make sure they don't need changing again.
These are 2 ways to prevent bedsores from occuring. Hope this information was useful. If you can think of anything that may help someone, feel free to add it in the comment section.
Alzheimer's Disease is really on the rise over the last two decade, but we as a people are not fully aware of how we need to properly care for them.The first thing we normally look for is a facility to put them in to care for them. That is great and all, but I just feel that noone will care for your love one like you.
You may wonder what do I know about this topic. Well, my father has had this terrible disease for over 15 years. Over the past few years, I have been his caregiver. After losing all mobility and functions of his limbs he was no longer able to care for himself.
With caregiving being so new to me or my family, we had no idea what to expect. Research on the computer only gave us clinical advise, which we consulted our doctor on that issue. What we needed was someone who had been through what we were about to be involved in. Taking my father to a nursing home was out of the question. My Mother would not have it.I came across a book. The book was by John Dupree, who was a researcher of Alzheimer's and wind up getting the disease himself.The information in his book was the best information I could have ever received.He gave insights on what possibly goes on in the mind of a person after finding out they have this disease.
One of the first things you would learn if you have a love one who has lost all mobility and confined to a bed is how quickly bedsores can develop.Through research, I learned how infection can easily set in through bedsores and depend on the age of a person, the infection can be very bad.You hear about a lot of bedsores on patients in nursing homes.
One of the things I do each and everyday is turn my father every 4 hours during the day. After breakfast, he is turned on his left side and two hours later he is turned on his right side, then I place him on his back for two hours . Even though this is a lot of work it has prevented any bed sores from occuring.This not only prevents bedsores, but it keeps a person from hurting laying in one spot for so long. This procedure above is mainly for bedridden people that has lost all mobility and speech.
The second thing I do is make sure he is changed throughout the day.That is very, very, important because being wet or just not changed for a long period of time and just lying in the bed is the quickest way to get bedsores.Even if have changed them, always check periodically to make sure they don't need changing again.
These are 2 ways to prevent bedsores from occuring. Hope this information was useful. If you can think of anything that may help someone, feel free to add it in the comment section.
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