Caregiver Sinzig

Care for a 90-year-old lady, 145 cm tall, 45 kg. She uses a wheelchair. In 2023, she suffered a stroke and is paralyzed on the left side. A physiotherapist and occupational therapist visit the home. She is partially incontinent and wears diapers at night. She suffers from high blood pressure. She requires partial assistance with dressing and undressing, and with personal hygiene (she can wash her face herself). She further needs full assistance with toileting, transfers to and from the wheelchair and stairlift, as well as to and from her armchair. She can stand on her own for a short while. A nursing service also visits the home 5 times a week to put on her compression stockings, which the caregiver then removes. Assistance is needed for walks in the wheelchair and supervision of medication intake. Adherence to the daily schedule: 6:30 AM – 6:45 AM: Waking up, changing diapers, intimate hygiene in bed. 6:45 AM – 7:00 AM: Nursing service. 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM: Washing in the bathroom and dressing. 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM: Breakfast. 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Gymnastics. 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Sleep. 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch. 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Rest, entertainment. 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM: Dinner. 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM: TV, entertainment. Assistance with lifting using grips is required; she is cooperative and can take a few steps. Night work is not required. Within the household, meal preparation, cooking healthy meals, cleaning, laundry, and shopping are needed for both (shopping is 10 minutes on foot; alternatively, the family can do the shopping). Assistance comes to the household once a week.