If you are caring for a disabled person or a person who is no longer able to care for themselves, it's important to learn how to change their diaper when needed.
Now for most of us who are at home caregivers, we have assistance from programs that allows trained individuals to come in and take care of these needs. Even though this is great there will become a time when it will be you that has to take care of the changing.
Now I'm writing this articles because for a couple years I went about the wrong way in changing the diaper. I was lifting legs, pulling on the body to get to where I needed to get to, and different other wrong techniques.
After the first 6 months of doing this wrong my back was worn out. I had stretch and pulled so much until I was physically exhausted from it until I told a friend who worked in the industry about it.She informed me that I was doing it all wrong and that I should be using a drawsheet.
Now for those who have not heard of this technique, it is just a regular sheet that pretty much is folded in half and placed under the patient. It is the drawsheet that you would use to turn the person which direction you want without putting a strain on your back.After doing it a couple days, my back thanked me over and over for finding relief.
So, if you are changing the diaper on an adult and the person can't turn themselves over for you, I suggest you learn how to use a drawsheet. I will be making a video and embed it in this post to illustrate how it is used. In the mean time I suggest you go to youtube and type in drawsheet or changing adult diaper. Hope this brings relief to someone who may be hurting themselves trying to change a loveone.
http://caregiversremainingconnected.com
Now for most of us who are at home caregivers, we have assistance from programs that allows trained individuals to come in and take care of these needs. Even though this is great there will become a time when it will be you that has to take care of the changing.
Now I'm writing this articles because for a couple years I went about the wrong way in changing the diaper. I was lifting legs, pulling on the body to get to where I needed to get to, and different other wrong techniques.
After the first 6 months of doing this wrong my back was worn out. I had stretch and pulled so much until I was physically exhausted from it until I told a friend who worked in the industry about it.She informed me that I was doing it all wrong and that I should be using a drawsheet.
Now for those who have not heard of this technique, it is just a regular sheet that pretty much is folded in half and placed under the patient. It is the drawsheet that you would use to turn the person which direction you want without putting a strain on your back.After doing it a couple days, my back thanked me over and over for finding relief.
So, if you are changing the diaper on an adult and the person can't turn themselves over for you, I suggest you learn how to use a drawsheet. I will be making a video and embed it in this post to illustrate how it is used. In the mean time I suggest you go to youtube and type in drawsheet or changing adult diaper. Hope this brings relief to someone who may be hurting themselves trying to change a loveone.
http://caregiversremainingconnected.com
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