“This technique of bathing a person bedridden, with stroke sequelae, multiple sclerosis or after complex surgery, for example, reduces caregiver stress and work, as well as increasing patient comfort.
The bathroom should be given at least every 2 days, but ideally keep the bathroom as often as the person has showered before being bedridden.
- To bathe the bed at home.
- Without using a waterproof mattress.
- It is advisable to place a large open plastic bag under the sheet to prevent the mattress from getting wet.
- Then you have to follow these steps:.
Finally, you should dress the person in clothes suitable for the temperature inside the room, so that it is not cold but also so that it does not be too hot.
If a plastic has been used under the sheet to not wet the mattress, it should be removed at the same time and in the same way that the wet sheet is removed from the bathroom water.
In addition to bathing, brushing your teeth is also important, see the precautions to take in the video:
Material to be separated before bathing includes
An interesting alternative to facilitate bath time is to use a special bathing table, such as the Comfort Care sanitary gurney, which can be purchased in a medical-hospital equipment store for an average price of 15 thousand reais.
In about two bathrooms, to save time and work, you can also wash your hair. Washing hair is as important a task as bathing, but it can be done less times a week, for example, 1 or 2 times.
To do this technique only one person is needed, but ideally there is another person who can hold the person’s neck during washing, to facilitate the procedure and make it more comfortable:
After washing your hair, dry to prevent it from getting wet. In addition, it is important to comb to avoid embarrassment, preferably with a soft bristle brush.
Washing your hair can wet the sheets, a good tip is to wash your hair while bathing in bed, avoiding changing the sheets more often than necessary.
For people wearing bandages, it is important to avoid wetting the bandage so as not to spread the wound, however, if this happens, the bandage must be redoed or go to the health center.
After bathing in bed, it is important to apply a moisturizer on the body and put deodorants under the armpits to avoid bad odors, increase comfort and avoid skin problems, such as dry skin, scars or fungal infections, for example.