Each individual’s grooming and personal care needs will vary depending on their overall health and mobility. It’s important to assess the level of help required.
Depending on the health condition of the elderly person and the degree of their independence, it is important to help the elderly person to perform grooming tasks on their own, to stimulate their activity and not to allow them to be inactive. As far as possible and as long as possible, do not do these activities for her.
Hygiene Treatments
The scope of care and hygiene treatments for an elderly person is the same as for other people. The differences result from biological, psychological and social differences related to the aging process.
Hygiene treatments ensuring cleanliness and personal hygiene include:
Body washing (bathing or showering or in case of the lying person body washing in bed)
Oral toilet
Washing and brushing hair
Change of underwear and linen
All these hygiene treatments can be performed using various techniques. Their choice depends on the physical and health condition of the person we are caring for and the equipment supporting the care. We will use different techniques when an elderly person can move independently, and different one in the case of a dependent person lying in bed.
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