🧑⚕️ WHAT IS A FULL-TIME CAREGIVER FOR A BEDRIDDEN PATIENT?
A full-time caregiver is a trained professional or attendant who provides round-the-clock, hands-on support for patients who are unable to move, sit, or perform daily activities on their own due to illness, old age, surgery, stroke, or disability.
🎯 OBJECTIVE
- To provide complete personal care to the patient.
- To ensure safety, hygiene, and comfort for the bedridden person.
- To prevent bedsores, infections, and other complications.
- To offer emotional support and companionship to reduce isolation.
✨ FEATURES
- 24/7 Monitoring and Assistance
- Personal Hygiene Care (bathing, grooming, diaper changing)
- Feeding Support (oral or via tube feeding if required)
- Positioning and Mobility Help (turning every 2 hours, physiotherapy assistance)
- Medication Reminders and coordination with doctors/nurses
- Bed Sore Prevention and Dressing
- Urine Catheter Care
- Vital Signs Monitoring (BP, sugar, temperature)
- Light Housekeeping related to patient care (cleaning room, laundry)
🌿 NATURE
- Compassionate and Skilled: Focused on care and dignity.
- Continuous: Available full-day (either live-in or shift-based).
- Supportive: Also supports family members in managing the patient’s condition.
- Trust-Based: Often involves building a bond with patient/family.
✅ ADVANTAGES
- Professional care at home, avoiding hospital admission.
- Improves patient hygiene, nutrition, and comfort.
- Prevents complications like bedsores and infections.
- Reduces burden on family caregivers.
- Timely health alerts, ensuring early intervention.
- Emotional support to the patient, helping with mental well-being.
- Affordable option compared to long-term hospital stays.