When an infirm relative comes to live with you, you need to set up services to keep them safe and comfortable. Along with buying furniture, such as a hospital bed, to accommodate their physical condition, you also need to ensure that they get the medical services needed to keep this person alive.

Instead of trying to render this medical help yourself, you can hire people who are trained and equipped to handle it for you. You and your relative can benefit by hiring professional homebound patient care technicians to come into your home and provide needed daily services.

Help with Medications

Your infirm loved one may not be able to take their medications safely each day. However, you also may not be able to take time off from work to come home and give the medications to them. You also may not know how to give injections or measure out doses.

Rather than jeopardize your loved one's health, you can hire homebound patient care providers to come in and give them the medication. These caretakers have the training and skills to measure out medication doses. They can also give injections of insulin and other medicines needed to keep your relative stable and safe.

Monitoring Vital Signs

The homebound patient care technicians that you hire can also monitor your loved one's vital signs. They may need to have their blood pressure taken each day. This relative may also need their glucose levels taken and monitored to ensure they do not fall into a diabetic coma.

When you are not sure of how to monitor vitals for blood pressure, glucose, and oxygen, you can hire homebound patient care technicians for this task. They can take your loved one's vitals, mark them down in their medical records and also report them to your loved one's doctor as needed.

Finally, the homebound patient care technicians can assist your loved one with tasks like bathing and getting dressed. They are trained to lift heavy patients and also know how to lift people in and out of wheelchairs safely.

Homebound patient care workers can provide valuable services to your infirm relative. They can come in and administer medications each day. They can also monitor your relative's vital signs and assist with bathing and dressing. 

If you have additional questions about homebound patient care, contact a local home health care facility to learn more about your options.