Bathing, Dressing and Grooming Assistance in Tamarac
More falls serious enough to matter happen on wet tile than on anything else in a house, and it is also the help people put off longest.
Putting it off is the real risk
The danger is not usually the bath itself. It is the weeks of avoiding it, the standing wash at the basin, the one night somebody decides to manage alone after all.
Fixed days at a time the person has agreed to turn that decision into something already settled. Nobody has to summon the will each week.
This is close work, which is why the same aide does it week after week wherever the rota allows.
What happens on a set day
Physical help on agreed days, kept clear of anything clinical.
Over the edge and back
Half a minute that does more damage than everything else combined.
The wash
A shower, a soak or a stand at the basin, done slowly.
Drying and dressing
Dried properly first, then dressed in whichever order the stiffer joints will take.
Grooming
Nails, hair, a shave. These slide first, and they decide more about how a day feels than anybody expects.
What wants fixing
A slipping mat, a bulb that is too dim, a rail with give in it — noted and telephoned through the same day.
Fair reasons to start
- Somebody has slipped in there, or nearly
- The wash keeps getting put off, and fear is why
- Stepping over the bath edge starts an argument
- Nails and hair are no longer being seen to
- A son or daughter has ended up doing it
Ask what a set day looks like
Two or three days is how it normally lands. We will say which times are workable.
Ask about the days — (954) 753-8181