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2. Understanding Medicare Coverage for Home Health Aides

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   According to Medicare.gov, Medicare does pay for “part-time or intermittent home health aide services.”. This is understandably confusing. It means that a home health worker may provide ...

3. Essential Items, Supplies, and Tips for Caregivers - Healthline

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   a popper/stress ball or other fidget toy. a toiletry bag with toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, and any applicable creams or makeup. comfy shoes. a change of work clothes in case you have to go from ...

4. Creating a Personal Hygiene Routine: Tips and Benefits

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   Personal hygiene is how you care for your body. This practice includes bathing, washing your hands, brushing your teeth, and more. Every day, you come into contact with millions of outside germs ...

5. Caregiving: Taking Care of Older Adults - WebMD

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   Add safety rails in showers and tubs and near the toilet. Reduce water temperature to below 120 F (48.9 C). Move furniture and clear clutter to create clear, wide paths. Place nightlights ...

6. Universal precautions - Wikipedia

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   Universal precautions refers to the practice, in medicine, of avoiding contact with patients' bodily fluids, by means of the wearing of nonporous articles such as medical gloves, goggles, and face shields. The infection control techniques were essentially good hygiene habits, such as hand washing and the use of gloves and other barriers, the ...

7. Oxygen Therapy At Home: Tips for Using Oxygen In Your Home

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   Always follow these safety tips around oxygen: Never smoke, and don’t let others light up near you. Keep away from open flames, such as matches, cigarette lighters, and burning tobacco. Stay 5 ...

8. 9 Ways to Set Boundaries as a Caregiver - Healthline

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   4. Set a schedule (including breaks) Setting your caregiving hours and breaks on a calendar for all to see helps set everyone’s expectations about when you will and won’t be available. Having ...

9. Activities of daily living - Wikipedia

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   Activities of daily living ( ADLs) is a term used in healthcare to refer to an individual's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measure of their functional status. The concept of ADLs was originally proposed in the 1950s by Sidney Katz and his team at the Benjamin Rose ...