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Tips for Taking Care of a Confined Older Adult at Home

Caregiver Support Services

Regular sponge baths or bed baths prevent skin infections and keep your client feeling fresh. Books, puzzles, or simple arts and crafts can provide mental stimulation to keep your clients mind active. Encourage light movements or assisted stretching if theyre able, as this can improve blood flow and reduce stiffness.

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. In a team model, the nurses oversee the care by unlicensed assistive personnel. But we have to do that to care for our patients appropriately.

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Boredom and Dementia Patients

Hope Hospice

Many family members who care for a loved one living with dementia experience difficult behaviors. Examples are struggling to get the patient to cooperate with eating and bathing, as well as sundowning-related problems such as agitation, paranoia, repetitive speech, and increased confusion in the afternoon or evening hours.

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Ep.7: How to Navigate Social Media Marketing in Home-Based Care

Home Care Pulse

If you think about anything that you do, and I think I was watching a, a video the other day and it was talking about I think it was Simon Sinek which I know Linda you’re a fan of, cuz I saw you light up when I mentioned the book. So there’s one that’s called bathing with dementia. Book it on your calendar, right?

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