Taking the Sick Home

Taking the Sick Home, was written for anyone who desires to be ready as much as possible if and when sickness takes a strong hold. It will inform the reader in how to prepare the home for the patient coming home from the hospital including the interior and exterior of the home. Selecting a team member to work with the patient and health care team. It describes the importance of easy access for the health care providers coming to the home. It will also discuss the importance of...
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Taking the Sick Home, was written for anyone who desires to be ready as much as possible if and when sickness takes a strong hold. It will inform the reader in how to prepare the home for the patient coming home from the hospital including the interior and exterior of the home. Selecting a team member to work with the patient and health care team. It describes the importance of easy access for the health care providers coming to the home. It will also discuss the importance of providing a place for the clinician to work while they are in the home, including the lighting and furniture needed. It will include the types of teaching instructions that will be given to the patient and or care giver such as, intravenous fluid or antibiotic administration, wound care, chest drainage tubes and feeding tubes. The importance of someone being taught to assist during emergencies. Other topics include eating and drinking of the sick, incontinence, importance of water, cleanliness of the home in the interior and exterior of the home. There is a chapter that discusses the home having health restorative features and how they encourages the patient to heal, the management of the medical supplies left in the home, how the supplies are to be stored, selecting an home health care agency, comfortable environment for the sick, care of clothing and linens, washing of the hands, equipment needed to care for the sick, finally advance directives.