TODAY I HEARD FROM MY BROTHER WHO BTW, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, ARE ALSO ACTING AS CARE GIVERS TO HIS MOM. ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS THAT THEY ARE HAVING IS IN THE CHANGING DEPARTMENT.. I DECIDED TO WRITE TODAY ABOUT A COUPLE OF TRICKS THAT I HAVE PICKED UP ALONG THE WAY, AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL NOT ONLY HELP MY BROTHER & HIS WIFE, BUT PERHAPS SOME OTHER NEWBIES AT THE CARE GIVING PROCESS.. FIRST, AT ANY MEDICAL SUPPLY PLACE WORTH THEIR SALT, THEY WILL HAVE THESE BIG BLUE AND WHITE (PLASTIC ON THE BOTTOM) DISPOSABLE SHEETS.. THEY ARE REALLY A LIFE SAVER TO ANY CARE GIVER WHO HAS AN INCONTINENT PATIENT TO CARE FOR.. SECONDLY, IF YOU WILL PUT A TWIN SHEET FOLDED IN HALF UNDER THE PLASTIC ONE, WHEN YOUR PATIENT SLIDES DOWN ON THE BED, IT IS A PIECE OF CAKE TO LIFT THEM BACK UP.. JUST GET BEHIND THE PATIENT, AND PULL ON THE TWIN SHEET-THE PATIENT WILL MOVE UP THE BED WITH EASE. THIS FOLDED SHEET WILL ALSO WORK WELL BEHIND A PATIENT IN A RECLINER. THESE SIMPLE FIXES WILL SAVE YOUR BACK FROM UNNECESSARY ACHES AND PAINS...WELL, SURE HOPE THIS INFORMATION WILL BE OF HELP TO SOMEONE.. I AM OFF TO WATCH MY TWO BEAUTIFUL GRAND DAUGHTERS ONCE AGAIN.. TILL LATER, JUST ME
I DID GET A COMMENT ON THIS POST THAT I WILL NOW SHARE WITH YOU.. IN ADDITION TO USING THE TWIN SHEET FOR LIFTING A PATIENT UP, IT CAN ALSO BE USED TO TURN THE PATIENT TO ONE SIDE (YOU CAN THEN ROLL THE USED DISPOSABLE PAD UP TO THE PATIENTS BACK WHILE PLACING THE NEW PAD IN PLACE). THEN ROLL THE PATIENT BACK THE OTHER WAY TO GET THE OLD PAD OUT, AND PULL THE NEW PAD THROUGH!! IT WORKS GREAT-QUICK AND EASY-TRY IT AND SEE!! THANKS FOR THE COMMENT GAIL!!! JUST ME
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