🛏️ WHAT IS LONG-TERM BEDRIDDEN HOME CARE?
It is continuous, full-time medical and personal care provided at home for patients who are permanently or semi-permanently bedridden. This care involves nursing, hygiene support, feeding, bedsore prevention, and emotional care — all delivered in the comfort of home by trained caregivers or nurses.
🎯 OBJECTIVE
- To maintain the health, dignity, and comfort of the bedridden patient.
- To prevent complications like bedsores, infections, and depression.
- To reduce hospital dependence and allow peaceful home-based living.
- To support families with professional assistance and relief.
✨ FEATURES
👩⚕️ Nursing and Medical Support
- Monitoring vitals: BP, sugar, pulse, oxygen level.
- Administering medicines, IV fluids, insulin, and injections.
- Bedsore prevention and treatment with frequent repositioning and dressing.
- Urine catheter care and tube feeding (NG tube, PEG).
- Wound care and hygiene management.
🧑🦯 Daily Living Assistance
- Diaper changing, sponge bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Feeding assistance (oral or via feeding tube).
- Changing linens and maintaining cleanliness of the patient’s area.
🧘 Supportive & Emotional Care
- Companionship and psychological support.
- Family counseling and training on basic care techniques.
🛠️ Medical Equipment at Home (if needed)
- Hospital bed, ripple mattress, oxygen concentrator, suction machine, commode chair, overbed table.
🌿 NATURE
- Round-the-clock (24/7) or shift-based care.
- Can be short-term (weeks) or long-term (months/years) depending on the condition.
- Involves professional caregivers, nurses, and physiotherapists.
- Delivered at home with dignity, compassion, and patience.
✅ ADVANTAGES
- Enables comfortable, familiar, and safe recovery at home.
- Prevents hospital-acquired infections and medical complications.
- Reduces mental stress for both the patient and family.
- Cost-effective compared to ICU or long-term hospital stay.
- Promotes emotional well-being through family presence.