Re: Mom falling

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Thanks...doing all that already.

Pamela

Mom falling

Your Moms blood pressure may be fluctuating when she goes to get up..

This is called position tension...try this

(1) help her sit up in bed and wait just a little bit.

(2) then have her dangle her feet over the side of the bed and

to tell you when she feels like she has balance to go further.

(3) Keep her as close to you when she is getting up, so if she

starts to fall...you can ease her down to the floor

[be careful of your back]. When they go to fall, they feel like

a dead weight.

It would be best to have someone there with you to help her move

around, but I know that isn't always possible.

If you have to move her while she is in bed,

(1) take a full size sheet and fold it in half.

(2) place sheet on the bed where her head is and down to

just below where her bottom would lay.

(3) When you have to move her in the bed while she, is in

the lying position, have someone on the other side of the

bed from you. Each of you take the corners of the sheet and

lift slightly. The sheet will help you move her up closer to

the top of the bed and prevent skin breakage.

(4) The patient should be lying flat on her back, in the center

of the sheet, when you do this and can sometimes help by

bending her knees and pushing their heals into the bed when it

is done.

Tailbone problems:

(1) When lying down, place her on her side with pillows to

prop her back, so she won't roll over.

(2) When lying flat, place pillows under her knees to take

the pressure off the tailbone (this all depends on how far

up the tailbone the skin wearing problem is.

Here are a couple sites:

http://www.agape-biblia.org/plugins/pract-ministries/Lect012.htm

http://www.moondragon.org/health/disorders/bedsores.html

http://www.moondragon.org/health/disorders/patientpositions.html

My husband had his paracentesis done in the hospital ( on an

outpatient basis) by a gastroenterologist, and again at the

transplant hospital right before his transplant (on an inpatient

basis) by the transplant team member.