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Tips for Caregivers on Giving Bath to Senior

In this SlideShare, 5 Tips for caregivers are mentioned which they can use while giving the bathing assistance to their senior loved ones. This SlideShare is brought to you by, www.homecareassistancearvada.com

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Tips for Caregivers on Giving Bath to Senior

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  1. Family caregivers often have problems in providing bathing assistance to their aging loved ones, yet it is one of the most crucial aspects for people of all ages, especially seniors as they tend to feel less need of taking a bath because of impaired vision and sense of smell. Bathing is one of the most personal things and therefore many seniors may feel embarrassed when they think of someone seeing them naked or touching their private body parts for hygiene purpose. According to home care Arvada experts, when seniors resist taking bathing assistance they are more likely to experience sudden dangerous falls and slips in the shower or tub, which can fracture their bones or if they entirely refuse to take the assistance altogether and do not bathe or shower, some significant health issues may occur. 5 Caregiving Tips to Offer Seniors Bathing Assistance

  2. Here are five tips for family caregivers to help their senior loved ones with bathing. 1. Set an Environment 2. Make Them Feel Comfortable 3. Keep Things Easier 4. Schedule for a Week Upfront 5. Alleviate Their Fears

  3. Offer seniors sufficient privacy, keep adequate lighting, and a safe setting for bathing. Add shower benches, non-slip mats, grab bars, hand held shower heads that seniors can use themselves to have a sense of being empowered during the bathing procedure. Keep their independence a priority by letting them do some of the work if they are physically able. 1. Set an Environment

  4. Set the best time of the day for seniors to receive bathing assistance. Navigate to their preferences and set up a mutually agreed upon time frames to make them feel better and more comfortable about the bathing process and also for being involved in making the decision. 2. Make Them Feel Comfortable

  5. Set a separate hair washing day if the body washing takes quite a long time so your aging loved one may not get overwhelmed. As a result, they may refuse to receive bathing assistance if it takes so long because of the amount of energy and focus the process requires from their side. Having a separate hair washing day can help prevent such problems and also create an activity that they may enjoy. You can also pair hair washing with hair styling to make them feel good about themselves. 3. Keep Things Easier

  6. Discuss and mutually settle on the frequency of showers or full baths. Generally, shower or full bath is sufficient three times per week, with sponge bath twice. Schedule for a week upfront for the number of showers to help seniors feel more comfortable and mentally prepared with receiving bathing assistance. It also allows them to feel independent and have some control over their own home care. 4. Schedule for a Week Upfront

  7. Before starting the bathing procedure, ask your loved ones about their particular concerns so you can be able to solve them beforehand. If they fear falling or to slip, install grab bars or if they fear to drown in the tub due to impaired vision, lay a mat of a bright color on the bottom surface of the tub so they can gauge the water level. Finding out their concerns, in the beginning, is always better than knowing haphazardly midway through. 5. Alleviate Their Fears

  8. DESCRIPTION Home Care Assistance of Arvada offers comprehensive caregiving services to help seniors experience a high quality of life. Our high-caliber caregivers help seniors with daily tasks around the house, mobility, maintaining personal hygiene, and offer transportation to doctor visits, grocery shopping, and socialization. Our caregivers also make good companions to seniors who feel lonely. We use a holistic Balanced Care Method that targets nutritional and fitness needs of seniors and also an evidence-based Cognitive Therapeutics Method to help cognitively impaired seniors boost mental well-being. We are a leading provider of specialized live-in and respite dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and post-stroke care. There are no long-term contracts and our care plans are customizable to meet your loved one’s unique needs. To learn more, give us a call at (720) 642-1600 today and schedule a free consultation. Address: 8031 Wadsworth Blvd. Unit A5 Arvada, CO 80003 Web: http://www.homecareassistancearvada.com/

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