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Find out what's in the Helping You to Care Handbook
The Handbook is a practical fully illustrated guide for those looking after someone who is ill, elderly or has a disability, with comprehensive advice on all aspects of care, including:
- Being a Carer
- Infectious Diseases
- Adapting the Home
- Hospital Out-Patient Treatments
- Dealing with Confusion
- How Relationships Change
- Respite Care
- Care Professionals & What They Do
- Understanding Emotions
- Towards the End of Life
- Glossary of Medical Conditions
Step-by-step photographs and illustrations show the best ways to carry out tasks such as:
- Practical care skills
- Giving someone a bed bath
- Changing sheets for a bedridden person
- Preventing pressure sores
- Medical treatments
- Handling someone safely
- Using a wheelchair
- Taking a temperature
- Promoting continence
Anyone who is in a caring role, or indeed who has to care for themselves alone or without constant assistance, should get the Helping You to Care Handbook. Its easy-to-read format means that an individual can dip in quickly for basic advice on the best approach to dealing with almost any problem.