4 Important Ways a Home Attendant Can Serve the Elderly in the Second Wave of th

Posted by shivam pandey on May 18th, 2021

A second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world. The new strain of the coronavirus is even deadlier than the original one. 

While the viral infection is dangerous to all of us, it is twice more life-threatening if it affects old folks. Old people, in general, suffer from more health concerns and physical and mental weakness than younger ones. If they already suffer from a disorder like lung problems and then get impacted by COVID-19, their health can worsen. Survival chances are also low in severe cases.   

So, now it's more important to look after the health of the elderly! 

But you may not be getting time in the current work-from-home pressure to give them enough attention. 

Then home attendant services can provide optimal elderly care.

These services can not only help promote the physical and mental health of the elderly. The daily needs of their life can also be satisfied.

Here are the 4 major ways in which a home nurse can help the elderly, especially in this hour of crisis. 

1. Post-hospitalisation care and general medical care

Hospital stay comes with a long bill that includes unnecessary charges like bed charges. Plus there's a chance of contracting infections (especially, COVID-19 in the current scenario) from neighbouring fellow patients. This can cause a delay in recovery.

Instead, old patients can receive all kinds of post-treatment care in the comfort of the home by choosing home attendant services.

If the old patients need to take bed rest for long after treatment, a home nurse can dress their bedsores. He/she would also change the dressings from time to time to ensure hygiene. 

Old patients can be helped with Ryle’s tube feeding to ensure no compromises with the nutrition and hydration they receive. This can boost their recovery. 

A highly trained and experienced home attendant can efficiently handle the BIPAP machine of the elderly. He/she can facilitate the positive pressure ventilation optimally for fast recovery of the patient from severe breathing trouble. 

Even oxygen concentrator support can be effectively extended to the elderly with professional home attendant services. 

A home nurse can properly feed the old patients with all the necessary medicines at the right times of the day.

The nurse would also regularly track the health improvement of the elderly. Then he/she would ensure to communicate the patients' health condition from time to time with the doctor(s) who treated them. 

2. Online consultation with the doctors

If your old parents develop some health concerns, it's unsafe to go out for a doctor visit during this pandemic. 

Here, again home attendant services can help. The home nurse can facilitate an online consultation with a doctor over a Whatsapp video call. This can be especially helpful if the family members can't get enough time for the same or find a suitable doctor. 

3. Assistance in daily chores

Old people are already weak to perform the daily chores. Plus the family members may be too busy with work-from-home in this pandemic-induced lockdown. So they might not be able to always assist the old folks in their everyday activities. 

Then home attendant services can come to the rescue. The home attendant can always support the old people in their day-to-day activities including eating, clothing, bathing and toilet practices. This can reduce the chances of falling on slippery surfaces or getting imbalanced, especially if the elderly is unwell and hence, weaker. If a geriatric patient can't lift even the lightest of weights, the home attendant can again lend a helping hand.

4. Support in exercise and outdoor activities

Old people must have some physical activities and receive adequate fresh air. If they are unwell, these can ensure a faster recovery. For example, brisk walking and moderate exercise can improve blood circulation in the body. 

So, home care services assist old folks in carrying out outdoor activities and regular exercise. This can rejuvenate both the physical and mental health of the elderly. The home attendant also takes care of social distancing during this pandemic while taking the old person out of the home.

Don't let your old parents suffer from depression from the fear centring this pandemic situation. They must also not feel lonely if you try but fail to give them enough time now.

Choose professional home care services so that your old parents receive every possible help including the meeting of their health requirements. Then they can even find an ideal companion in their home nurse.

So, consider this vital step towards their welfare today!