When it comes time for your loved one to come live with you because they just can't live on their own anymore, you might start to feel overwhelmed because there is a lot that you have to do, including things like managing a lot of medications and helping your loved one with their daily living skills. Plus, you have to keep up with your normal life and all the things you have to do to keep things running. One of the things that you can do that will help you keep everything under control is looking into home health care. They can send a medical professional into your home to help you out. There are a lot of things they can do for you.
Wound Care
One thing that home health care workers can help you with is wound care. If your loved one has an injury or wound that won't heal, there may be special steps that have to be done in order to help it heal or to make sure that it doesn't get infected. For example, your loved one may need to have a wet-to-dry dressing on their wounds. These dressings include packing the wound with gauze that has been treated so that it stays wet so that the wound has a chance to heal from the inside out, instead of from the outside in. These dressings can be difficult to do, and judging the healing of the wound can be tricky. Having a medical professional doing the dressing changes will allow them to evaluate the healing and decide whether or not your loved one needs more care.
Med Management
There are a lot of things that fall under the category of med management. It can include doing things as easy as organizing your loved one's medication into dispensers so that your loved one can just open the appropriate box to get out their medications to take. Med management can also involve supervising your loved one while they are taking medication, giving them IV medications, or administering shots. That can take a lot of stress off your shoulders because some medications are very persnickety and if they aren't given just right, they can cause problems.
Taking care of your loved one when they can no longer live at home isn't always easy. A medical professional from a home health care agency can really help you.
Reach out to a home care service today to learn more.
