It may be hard for ordinary people to imagine how difficult it will be to take a bath. For the disabled who have been bedridden for a long time, "bathing" is their unspeakable desire and dignity. Recently, the Ministry of Health invited the Catholic Notre Dame de China Social Welfare Charity Foundation, a consortium legal person, to be demonstrated by professional service personnel how to help long-term bedridden people take a bath, and to share the importance of home bathing service to families of disabled people, so as to help them find the most basic life rights and interests.
Long-term bed rest has an odor and the bathing function is limited.
For people who stay in bed for a long time, their daily activities such as eating, dressing and walking. Everyone needs help from others, and it is even more difficult to take a shower. For caregivers, due to the physical strength of caregivers, the space and equipment in the bathroom at home, they often have to choose to help the disabled clean their bodies by taking a bath. However, over time, bedridden people gradually produce bad smell, have doubts about health infection, and bring heavy psychology to individuals and families.
Bathing service at home makes long photos more intimate
Director Jian Huijuan of the Department of Social and Family Affairs of the Ministry of Health and Welfare said that in order to meet the bathing needs of disabled people and improve the quality of life of disabled people and their families, most counties and cities provide home bathing services, including elderly people in bed who are severely disabled and unable to take care of themselves, such as rare diseases, terminal cancer, vegetative state, polio, stroke and serious physical and mental disorders. The service team consists of 65,438+0 nurses and 2 nurses, and the driver is equipped with a mobile combination bathroom.
Let people who stay in bed for a long time "bathe" in happiness.
Twenty years ago, Ms. Zhou was paralyzed in the lower body because of the compression of the sciatic nerve by her spine, and her identity suddenly changed from a caregiver to a nurse. When the bath car first drove to her door to bathe her, the professional service staff gave priority to solving the problem of pressure sore caused by her long-term bed rest, which made her feel comforted and relieved in the eyes of her husband who took care of her. In the past three years, every service provided by the bath car for Ms. Zhou has also comforted the husband and wife again and again.
Miss Jane, who takes care of her family, said that the problem of her mother taking a bath made them feel headache. Due to severe osteoporosis, she can only take a bath in bed to clean herself. After a long time, "bathing" became her mother's unspeakable wish. Recalling her mother's nervous and expectant appearance when she first accepted the door-to-door bath service, Miss Jane thanked the bath car team for their thoughtful comfort and reassuring professional service. Since using the bath service for a few days, her mother has been particularly comfortable after taking a bath and slept better at night.
The social security bureau accepts the government's appointment for bathing service.
Chen Meihui, chairman of the Catholic Notre Dame de China Social Welfare Charity Foundation, said that with the increasing disability rate year by year, it is more important to take a bath at home, because the biggest wish of many elders after disability is to take a bath; In addition, while helping the disabled to take a comfortable bath, it also brings important support to the family members who have been under care pressure for a long time.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare reminds people who stay in bed at home for a long time that if they need to take a bath, they can ask the local social bureau (office) or the long-term care management center to meet their wishes and enjoy warm and comfortable bathing services.
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