Blisstree » electric+blanket http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:22:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Using Electric Blankets with Alzheimer’s Patients http://www.blisstree.com/articles/using-electric-blankets-with-alzheimers-patients-117/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/using-electric-blankets-with-alzheimers-patients-117/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:06:04 +0000 Mary Emma Allen http://alzheimersnotes.com/using-electric-blankets-with-alzheimers-patients/ Post from: Blisstree

Using Electric Blankets with Alzheimer’s Patients

]]> Katelyn, posting on Life Without Memories (http://alzheimersadvocacy.com/2006/11/29/electric-blankets-are-a-safety-concern-for-alzheimers-patients/) mentions a very real danger when we’re caring for Alzheimer’s patients…letting them use an electric blanket.  She refers to an article that tells of an elderly Alzheimer’s patient experiencing burns, apparently by turning the electric blanket to “high” while her caregiver husband was sleeping. 

As an Alzheimer’s patient becomes more incapable, remembering how to use an electric blanket…and even what it’s for can become a challenge.  It falls under the same concern we have about letting this person operate an electric stove.

 

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Using Electric Blankets with Alzheimer’s Patients

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