Page views: 605 Well, basic care. What is there to say? Not much, you're the professional. I think a few key points will suffice. This was the end of my original description of basic care. But then everything changed. I was wrong. It's not clear how basic care should work for me after all. What specifically...
Page views: 538 If my carers had followed these instructions, they would still be relevant today and I would have been spared a lot of grief: When it comes to oral care, one thing is important above all else: Not wasting time and not scrubbing my gums. If the toothbrush switches off, the maximum recommended brushing time has been exceeded. We brush our teeth, not the towel underneath, not the...
Page views: 571 Wiping your face with lukewarm water is enough for me. A little shower gel every now and then is okay, but no more than that. However, if you use shower gel, I insist on rinsing again with clear water afterwards. And one more request: Before you soap me up in anything, look at what you're holding. Save us the...
Pageviews: 591 I'm not incontinent, but my atrophied groin, pelvic, buttock, leg and abdominal muscles make it difficult for me to „push out“ urine residue and sometimes even to pee within seconds at the touch of a button. So you don't have to stand with me the whole time and hold the urine bottle or even my penis when I have to pee. Whoever is doing this to you in...
Page views: 655 My absolute favourite topic. I was told that you don't have to explain something like that. My experience is of a different opinion. Because in the past, carers have managed it - several times - even despite verbal explanations, And so I am of the opinion that yes, of course I have to explain to you what I value and what is important to me. From where...
Page views: 697 Yay! The next excitement. Dear diary, it would be boring if nothing absurd happened. I'm introducing a new category for this: Patrick's panopticon. Panopticon, an awesome word. A rarely used word, but one of my favourites. Maybe even my favourite, or maybe not, but it is. The Brockhaus says: Panopticon [from the Greek optikós „the...
Page views: 649 Dear diary, Once again the management of my care service has managed to disappoint me across the board. Once again, I've been taken for a ride. Yes, a crass choice of words for a crassly shitty situation. One drama follows the next. After the last scandal, the management told me so much about what they were planning with regard to the full-time positions to be filled...
Page views: 565 Due to the fact that I tend to spend much more time on my right ear than my left, I quickly run the risk of it becoming sore. There are certainly many „recognised“ techniques and aids to prevent this, but for me the following, totally simple and convenient variant also works. All we need for this is...
Page views: 780 So. Now it's getting entertaining. As always, I won't name names. But I am taking the liberty of copying whole passages of text because they are necessary to understand the overall situation. My nursing service may criticise me for not making this information public. Yes, that may well be the case. But then the nursing service management would not have told me in my own...
Page views: 658 I know it's annoying. But believe me, even more annoying than constantly stretching out my fingers is constantly feeling them tighten and not being able to do anything about it. Stretch my fingers out flat and straight. Then squeeze them slightly so that they are stretched. Hold this position for about ten seconds. Let my fingers...
