Table of Contents
Looking after Elders
Home care for The Elderly
Introduction- Home Nursing the Elderly
Choosing The Right Room
Right Beds for the Patients
Making Up A Bed
Treating Bedsores
Bathing Your Patient
Poultices
Invalid/Elderly Cookery
Appendix
Extra Use for Poultices- Curing Tonsillitis
Conclusion
Author Bio
Publisher
Introduction - Home Nursing the Elderly
Did you know that around 41 million people are about the age of 65 in the USA alone? All over the world, the statistics can be counted in millions because the life expectancy rate of people living in the 21st century has increased due to better living conditions, medical facilities and healthier food.
That is why once upon a time when a person was considered to be lucky if he managed to live to his 30th or 40th year – Europe in medieval times – the given lifespan of three score and ten allocated naturally to a man should not come as a surprise today.
