Caregiving at Home
By William Leahy, MD and
The Editors of Hartman Publishing

In Caregiving at Home, you will learn:

  • How to adapt a home for safe caregiving
  • Important skills for self-care and stress management
  • Tools for holding family meetings, coordinating care, and managing medication
  • Tips for communicating with a physician
  • Step-by-step procedures for assisting with activities of daily living
  • Guidelines for caring for people with specific disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease
  • Information on normal changes of aging versus symptoms to report to a physician
  • How to take blood pressure and other vital signs
  • How to transfer and position a frail person
  • Information on caring for a person who is dying
  • Special tips on how to observe and take care of a frail person's skin
  • How to avoid falls

 

 

Cynthia Tested!


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