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To develop, implement and monitor a comprehensive system of statewide supports to address the needs of people with neurotrauma injury and their families.

Informal Caregiver Tips and Personal Care Skills

Tips for Informal Caregivers 

(excerpts from the National Family Caregivers Association)

Select from any of the topics below:

• Choosing to Take Charge

• Defining the Help You Need

• 10 Tips for Family Caregivers

• A Home Healthcare Primer

• How to Communicate Your Loved One's Symptoms During a Crisis

• How to Communicate Your Loved One's Symptoms regarding Overall Well Being, Pain and More

• Checklists to Help You Make the Most of Healthcare Encounters

• When Your Loved One is Hospitalized

 

Personal Care Skills for the Informal Provider. 

(former excerpts from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging)

Select from any of the topics below:

• Signs and Symptoms

• How to Give Personal Care - Bedridden Person

• Body Mechanics and Lifting 

• Elimination of Body Waste 

• Re-establishing Bowel and Bladder Routine

• Ostomy Care 

• Infection and Contamination 

• Bathing and Grooming

• Prevent Pressure Sores

• Shampoo in Bed 

• Special Foot Care 

• Shaving A Man with a Safety Razor 

• Give a Back Rub 

• Mouth Care 

• Making Occupied Bed

• Getting Out Of Bed 

• Helping Person To Walk

• Caring For Ambulatory Older Adult

• Good Nutrition 

• Vegetables and Fruits 

• Nutritional Problems of the Aged 

• Feeding Others

• Modified Diets