Having a bedridden elderly person at home usually requires the family to take the trouble to spend more energy to take good care of such elderly people. Nanjing Ruihaibo nursing home summarized a few points of bedridden elderly care, I hope to help readers and friends, try to help the elderly get a good state of recuperation.
1, the bedridden elderly general care
The bedridden elderly living room environment is best to be clean and tidy, well-lit, well-ventilated, avoiding noise. Indoor arrangement of elegant and reasonable, the elderly daily necessities in easy to put easy to take the location of the bed with bed rails, to prevent the elderly fall.
2, bedridden elderly health care
Every morning and evening to help patients do a good job of washing their faces, washing their hands, brushing their teeth, combing their hair, washing their feet and so on; to keep their mouths clean, patients with dentures, dentures should be taken out after meals or before going to bed, cleaned and immersed in water. Bedridden elderly bedding should be often sun, bed sheets, covers, pillowcases and other bedding often replaced, cleaned; incontinent elderly should be laid under the body of a care pad, must be soft and breathable; bed cleaning and organizing 2-3 times a day, the elderly clothing should be wide and soft, collar buttons, belts should be loose and easy to unravel.
3, bedridden elderly dietary care
Elderly due to lack of activity, gastrointestinal peristalsis is weakened, easily caused by gastrointestinal flatulence, loss of appetite, constipation, diet suitable for nutrient-rich easy-to-digest soft food and semi-fluid, if the elderly suffer from diabetes should be avoided sugary diets, moderate increase in fiber intake, to prevent constipation, to achieve dietary regularity, eat small and frequent meals. Bedridden elderly can not take care of themselves to do a good job of bed feeding, caregivers must wash their hands before feeding, it is best to let the elderly sitting or semi-sitting, prone or lying down on the elderly should be made to turn their heads to the side; feeding speed should be as slow as possible, feed the soup from the mouth of the straight pouring to pour slowly from the lips.
4, bedridden elderly psychological care
Long-term bedridden elderly are prone to depression, anorexia, impatience and other negative psychology, the focus of care for the elderly at this time should be to strengthen the psychological guidance and spiritual comfort. It is best to increase the time to talk with the elderly, the use of touch care methods, and encourage the elderly to use optimistic attitude towards their own health status and the surrounding things.
5, bedridden elderly rehabilitation care
On the elderly suffering from senile dementia, according to the individual's cultural level, habits, hobbies, to take case-by-case rehabilitation measures, focusing on strengthening the memory, thinking ability training, such as reading every day, read the newspaper, write, repeat the content of the book, regularly watch the elderly favorite opera programs, the elderly have a certain effect on the recovery of the symptoms of recent amnesia. The program is effective in recovering the symptoms of recent forgetfulness of the elderly. For the elderly with impaired physical activity, the development of rehabilitation measures to help the elderly in bed passive movement, regular help elderly turn over and massage, to prevent muscle atrophy, bedsores and other adverse conditions.