Alzheimer’s Caregivers – Tips on Avoiding Injuries
May 19, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Caring for Alzheimer’s patients often involves lifting, holding someone who can’t walk well, moving someone. Much of this activity often results in back injuries.
Carol Bradley Bursack has an informative article, Caregiver Injuries: Avoid Them, at her Minding Our Elders site.
Caregivers often need to learn how to lift and do many other things for those they care for. Sometimes, we can do it alone, sometimes we can’t.
She also refers to an article by Denise Clark, Preventing Injuries Among Caregivers.
I was fortunate that I didn’t experience injuries when caring for Mother and Auntie. But there were instances when this might have occurred if they had fallen, stumbled when I was assisting them, or needed lifting from bed to chair.
Check out some preventative measures in these two posts by Carol and Denise.
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
