Page views: 520 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: 563 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: 576 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 to pee within seconds at the push 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: 639 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: 685 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...
Seitenaufrufe: 633 Liebes Tagebuch, ein letztes Mal hat es die Geschäftsführung meines Pflegedienstes geschafft, auf ganzer Linie zu enttäuschen. Wieder einmal hat man mich verarscht. Ja, krasse Wortwahl für eine krass beschissene Situation. Ein Drama jagt das nächste. Da hat mir die Geschäftsführung nach dem letzten Eklat so vorgeschwärmt, was sie in Hinblick auf die zu besetzenden Vollzeitstellen planen...
Pageviews: 558 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 the following, totally simple and convenient variant also works for me. All we need for this is...
Page views: 766 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: 642 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...
Page views: 611 Have I ever mentioned that nobody likes know-it-alls? It was a rhetorical question. Of course I've mentioned it before. Several times, to be precise. But if that's the case, and you're still reading, what reason would I have to change now? Quite apart from the fact that people don't change....
