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When giving care, there may be many things you will be asked to do that you have never done before. Learn what day-to-day duties and activities may be included in both family and non-family caregiving responsibilities, and what you need to know about providing personal and comfort care.
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On a day-to-day basis, caregivers may be responsible for the majority of comfort care and personal care. Personal caregiving activities include helping with various things the patient is no longer able to do unassisted.
Basic caregiver duties could include:
- Bathing and grooming
- Laundry and helping with dressing
- Food shopping and prep
- Light housekeeping
- Managing medications
- Transportation
- Mobility assistance
- Companionship and emotional support
- Communicating with doctors and monitoring medications
- And much more
Providing personal care
What should caregivers be aware of when providing personal care?
Physical Care
Most people really have no experience with many of the physical aspects of giving care. Ask the doctor, nurse, home health aide what you will be expected to do. Ask them to show you how to do it. It is always a good idea to take notes, make a video or to have a friend present to record the instruction. The Family Caregiver Alliance has several videos that may be helpful.
Here are some topics that may apply:
- Lifting and Moving: What are proper techniques?
- Bedpans: What are procedures for using and cleaning?
- Pressure Ulcers: How can bedsores be prevented?
- Incontinence: What is the best way to handle it?
- Bathing and Skin Care: Are there certain products that are better?
- Oral Hygiene: How often does oral care need to be provided? Are there products that will make it easier?
Meals
- What special diet is required or special food preparations is necessary to make food easier to swallow?
- Often people will develop tastes for certain items; go with it if you can. Now is not the time to worry about fat-free or eating enough broccoli.
- Meals are something that friends and family are often happy to help with. If they provide them in disposable containers, that helps too.
Clothing
Washable, no iron, easy to get on and off items make life easier.
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