An elderly man was brought from the hospital, he was still very weak and you have to take care of it.
Entrust patient more solutions. Let chooses what clothes to wear it today or when you want to get out of bed to walk around the house. Encourage physical activity. Doctors often prescribe exercise for the joints or breathing exercises. Elderly hard, hurt or scared to do it all. You will have to persuade and assist.
Encourage the elderly to get out of bed. It just seems that after the surgery needed bed rest, all quickly healed. In fact, in bed easily appear bedsores, disrupted kidney develops pneumonia, muscle dryabnut, reduced reflexes and blood pressure rises.
After lying a few days, an elderly man and then when you try to get up get dizziness, stiffness in the joints and severe weakness.
Room
Try to fit all care to move to one side of the room. An elderly person does not want to constantly look upon the things that are reminiscent of a hospital.
Next to the bed, keep a pitcher of water and a glass.
Put next to a calendar and clock to an elderly person could navigate in time.
Now there is a simple chandelier or separate the bulb with a remote control. Elderly person wants most out of bed to enable or disable a bright overhead light.
It is useful to have next to the bed Portable dry closet. Patients do not always have the strength to hobble to the bathroom.
It is very desirable that all the guests who come to visit the sick, rubbed his hands in front of the usual alcohol sanitayzerom. On the street, in transportation and in the entrance is always full of microbes, and an elderly patient is very vulnerable.
Nutrition
Stick to the same schedule for meals. In addition, allow the patient to eat more often. Sometimes a meal in an elderly person just does not fit.
Take care of the dishes that will suit impaired person:
- Better drink from a mug with a wide coverage of the hands;
- Sometimes it is more convenient forks and spoons with long or thick pen;
- Plates should be to the rim so that the food does not slide off of them.
Such trifles allow an elderly person to be independent.
Often prepare meals and snacks that you can take just the hands. Relaxed man's easier.
Try to determine at what time an elderly person a better appetite. It was at this meal, let him large portions. This may not be a dinner, and the morning or evening.
Boredom
Do not let the recovering long bored. It's bad for the psyche. TV and radio well this help. Encourage your grandchildren and friends come to visit and talk to the old man.
Provide patient access to his phone.
Allow to communicate with your favorite pets.
Circulation
Bed rest makes the blood thicker and harder to pump the heart. If you do not move your feet, then sooner or later in the veins formed clots. For prevention it is desirable to get out of bed. Try every 24 hours planted on the patient chair or offer to walk around the room and the toilet.
Wear loose clothing. Avoid any gum, elastic belts and other tight things.
Suggest elderly in bed regularly flex foot and toes. It accelerates the blood in the veins.
Breath
Lungs work better when a person stands or walks. Without movement in the blood will flow less oxygen. Encourage the elderly man in bed and turn it upside down themselves. Well, if the patient will wake up to the toilet, and for meals to be transplanted into a chair.
make breathing exercises and special exercises that are recommended in the hospital.
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