How Home Nursing Can Help You Care For Your Disabled Loved One
When you have a disabled or handicapped loved one, it can make you feel like you have to be far more involved in their life than you would feel otherwise. Normally, when you have a loved one that needs some care, you check in on them periodically and make sure they have a freshly-stocked fridge and possibly help out with some errands.
Someone who has a disability, however, often needs more care and this can get even more prevalent as they age. If you find yourself spending most of your time taking care of a disabled loved one, home nursing can help. Here's how.
1. You can spend less time doing one-on-one care
What a home nurse does is this: they handle all the medical and hygiene needs of the patients under their care, and can also perform other things, such as administering medications, serving meals, and spending quality time with them. While a home nurse won't do all the things your loved one needs — such as yard work, chores, cooking, and other regular tasks — they help lessen your load considerably by doing all the more physical things that are essential for a healthy life for your loved one.
2. You can spend more quality time with your loved one
How much of your time is spent caring for your loved one versus actually spending quality time with them? Even a few hours of home nursing daily can help you free up your time so you can spend more time enjoying your disabled loved one and not worrying as much about their care. What matters most to people is often companionship and not feeling lonely; when you hire a home nurse to accompany your loved one, you can balance out the things you do around the house more and give your loved one the companionship they need most, more often.
Make a list of all the things you do for your disabled loved one, making the things you do that you'd like help with the top priority. Show this list to a home nurse and see what they are willing to assist you with. You can hire home nursing on a part or full-time basis, or can even be able to hire a home nurse who lives in your disabled loved one's house full-time. Insurance may help cover the costs of a home nurse, so check with your loved one's insurance company to see if this is the case.
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