Home care storeFamily caregivers play a crucial role to your loved one – and the healthcare system!
More than 1 in 5 Americans are unpaid caregivers1. Additionally, 6 in 10 family caregivers perform medical or nursing tasks at home2.
Everyone deserves quality care, and caregivers are providing more complex care at home. As basic care gets less basic, caregivers need resources to make sure they are providing the best care possible.
Whether you are new to caregiving or looking for ways to streamline your caregiving process with hospital-trusted products, we’ve got you covered.
Activities of daily living
It's easy to overlook how much a caregiver does in a typical day, especially when caring for someone with limited mobility. Below is a list of the most common daily activities of daily living, also referred to as ADLs. These include personal care tasks such as:
• Bathing and personal care
• Dressing and undressing
• Movement, transfers & repositioning
• Toileting: maintaining continence or managing incontinence
• Oral care
• Eating: meal preparation and feeding
When these basic care tasks become a challenge due to limited mobility, caregivers often need some support tools and products to make performing these tasks in a safe and easy manner.
Simple care tips
If you’re a caregiver, you likely have a lot on your plate. Learn about managing key aspects of hygiene care, including bathing, incontinence care, oral care, and heel care for bedbound individuals.
Learn from other caregivers
Our customers have shared their caregiving stories to help others in a similar situation find comfort, a sense of community, and hopefully learn something too.
If you are a caregiver, we invite you to share your story by emailing us at homecaresupport@stryker.com.
Reference: 1.2. AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving (2020). Caregiving in the United States 2020. Washington, DC: AARP. May 2020. Available at: https://www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2020/caregiving-in-the-united-states.html
Disclaimer
This guide is not intended to provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or any other individual. Through this guide, Sage Products provides general information for educational purposes only. The information provided in this guide is not a substitute for medical or professional care, and you should not use the information in place of a visit, call consultation or the advice of your physician or other healthcare provider. Sage Products is not liable or responsible for any advice, course of treatment, diagnosis or any other information, services or product you obtain through this guide.