I received the following email this morning from a hospice nurse, who requested your help:
I am trying to find out if there is a product out there to help caregivers pull a patient up in the bed, or turn them from side to side, or change a Depends when the patient can’t help and there is no one else to help. I am a hospice nurse who has many patients who need to do this and don’t have anyone to help...
Yesterday, on Your Caregiving Journey, Nancy Hanley of My Health Care Manager, took your questions. (You can listen to our show via the player below). The questions she answered included:
1. I’ve been through so many home health aides! I need to find good help for my mom so I can go to work. I’ve had lazy aides, incompetent aides and aides with an attitude. Is it possible to find good help?
2. I want to...
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Denise on Feb 3rd, 2010 in
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We’ve received our first entry for our What’s in Your Caregiving Closet? contest.
Donna W., one of bloggers, sent the two photos, below, of a Caregiving Étagère, the hub of her mom’s room for her supplies and care. She also sent a photo of the communication board she created for the respite caregivers to use while she was away on a trip in December.
So… what’s in your caregiving...
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Denise on Jan 30th, 2009 in
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Dear Denise,
I’m just starting on the caregiving journey and have a question. My 88-year-old father is currently in a physical therapy rehabilitation hospital for diabetic neuropathy. He isn’t making any progress and I’m quite anxious about my ability to care for him when he returns home (I live with him). He can sometimes walk with the aid of a walker but after a few days he reverts to not...
