Saturday 5 September 2015

Bathing

Friday, September 4, 2015

Gave mom a bath last night.  I don't even remember now when I started having to do this.  A month ago?  Anyways after I talked to the new case manager she said we could have a support worker give mom a bath and wash her hair on Mondays and Wednesdays.  I'm so grateful.

I have to tell mom which parts of her body to wash.  We start with her face.  I encourage her to use the wash cloth.  Then, we do her ears.  I point out my ears and then behind the ears.  Then, I put soap on the wash cloth and I tell her to wash her neck, chest, underarms, stomach, private parts, legs, feet, etc.  I make sure to wash between her toes.

Sometimes she likes to lay back in the water, but sometimes she can't seem to get into a comfortable position and she says her head hurts.

She loves it when I wash her back.

She uses the wash cloth to dry her body and then I use a hand towel to help her dry her back.  She dries herself.

I lay out her underpants and undershirt. 

Wednesday, September 9, 2015
I just called mom.  She said she was just about to jump into the bath.
Yikes!  Someone is coming to give her a bath and wash her hair.
I called St. Elizabeth and warned them about mom.  Maybe they can just wash her hair.

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