You’re new on the job, you’re well trained, you got that PMA (Positive Mental Attitude), you can do anything, you’re young, strong and fit.. then you go and try to help Mrs. Johnson onto the commode and you feel a slight tug in your lower back. Of course you don’t think of it while
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Perhaps you’re a #caregiver or a family member that has a loved one that has special needs, perhaps they have a bad peanut butter or shellfish #allergy that puts them in the hospital, your resident is #diabetic, or your resident has been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment and has wandered off once before. Maybe you
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We’ve all heard that patience is a virtue, but what does that really mean? Just sitting idly by tapping your foot, or staring at the clock, waiting nicely until it’s time to do something? Well no.. to be virtuous and have patience means to have patience for a reason. To exercise restraint and redouble emotional
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#CargiverTipTuesday When you’re dealing with people and there’s a routine of daily life developing, it might be easiest to just go numb and roll through the motions.. It then becomes difficult to stop yourself from objectifying the person you care for; especially when the person has advanced stages of #Alzheimers or seems to lack
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#CaregiverTipTuesday:
One of the problems we face as we age is deteriorating eyesight, poorer night #vision and #cataracts.. as such visual aids like larger type, readers/bifocals, and text to speech readers are a must. For example, one of our favorite gifts to pass out for new residents and at holiday time is
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Such drastic weather changes this past week going from 65 most of the spring to 105 in the valley and 99 in the East Bay.. foosh ☀️!! In summer and late spring, warm weather is expected, and often welcome, but when it comes on sudden and very strong, it can be a very dangerous situation for
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