Bathing, Dressing and Grooming Assistance in Oakland Park
Wet tile causes more serious falls at home than anywhere else in the house, and this is the help people least want from somebody unfamiliar.
The second problem is the hard one
Two problems sit here — safety and acceptance — and an agency that solves only the first has solved nothing, because a visit that gets refused is no visit at all.
Predictability fixes the second. Set days with a familiar face end the weekly argument about whether today counts; it simply happens on Tuesdays and Fridays.
This is close work, which is why the aide doing it is nearly always the same one week to week.
What a set day covers
Hands-on help on named days, nowhere near anything clinical.
Getting in and out
The thirty seconds that cause more harm than the rest of it together, with a hand ready where wanted.
The wash
A shower, a bath or a basin wash, taken slowly, with dignity built into the work.
Drying and clothes
Dried properly, then dressed in whatever order the joints allow.
Grooming
Nails, hair and a shave — first to lapse, and oddly decisive in how a day feels.
Hazards worth reporting
A mat that slips, a bulb too dim, a rail that moves when leant on — written up and telephoned the same day.
Reasonable places to begin
- Somebody has slipped in there, or nearly
- Washing keeps getting postponed, and fear is behind it
- Climbing over the bath edge causes a row most nights
- Nails and hair have stopped being done
- A relative has ended up doing it, unhappily
Ask what fixed days look like
Two or three set days is the usual shape. We will say which fit the round.
Ask about the days — (954) 388-1640