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Nine Ways to Get Someone to Eat
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By: Jennifer B. Buckley
A common nutritional problem that
can affect care recipients in poor
health is cachexia-anorexia and it
especially involves those in
advanced stages of Alzheimer’s,
Cancer and AIDS. Cachexia-anorexia
is a syndrome in which progressive
and involuntary weight loss occurs.
The people with this disorder are
“wasting-away” from the lack of
vitamins and nutrients and as a
caregiver; this can be a difficult
and frustrating event...continued
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January/February Issue
Navigation Instructions
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Recharging your batteries is one
of the most important ways to help
your loved one.
R: Rest. One
of the most important things a
caregiver can do for the person
they’re caring for is to take care
of themselves. A caregiver who wears
himself out, and keeps going 24/7
risks burnout...
Continued
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Twenty Ways To Care for Caregivers
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Twenty of the best tips and ideas
collected from Caregivers and care
managers of the Medicare Alzheimer's
Project in Broward and Dade
Counties, Florida...
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I am helping a young
(early 20's) quadraplegic
friend who broke his neck in
a motorcycle accident. He
has had decubitus ulcers on
his butt for almost two
years, and now such severe
contractures of his arms he
cannot use his arms at all
or hands to drive a chair,
nor can he sit up. This
started after nine months in
an ICU at a local hospital;
they told family they gave
up on him.
I was
able to help get him out of
there and he spent 15 months
in a wound care place. Since
then, he has been shipped
around to about six places
in as many weeks--including
two nursing homes which did
not work out. Other nursing
homes won't take a 20
something year old... and
one who has severe bed sores
due to negligence at another
hospital. One hospital
liaison actually told me
their hospital does not take
other hospitals’ "mistakes."
We would like to take
him home. He wants home. His
mom is burnt out from all
the traveling to spend time
with her son and help at the
hospitals. If it were not
for her, he would be dead, I
have no doubt. She wants him
home; but due to his wings,
it is hard to turn him.
It is costly to pay out of
pocket for more aid. We
applied for a CRPD waiver
and are waiting for this
process to take effect to
see if he will be able to
get 12 hours of care a day.
He is in limbo. The
hospitals do not want a
stage IV wound care patient
because he is expensive to
care for, and chronic, and
can take another 10 months
to a year to heal, if ever.
We need help on
resources in the Somerset
County, NJ area.
Thanks.
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