Hi, caregivers. Yes, I believe you all know that I'd like staying on here because it helps me to heal. As you know my Mom passed on 12/27 and since this is the best way I can deal with that... for now. Anyway, in talking to my sister this came up and I remember using it but not sharing it with anyone. In addition to moving your loved one after a few hours from one to position to another while bed ridden, here's a another note that worked wonders for my Mom's bed sores.
First of all, go to your closest Lowe's or Home Depot and purchase a "real live Aloe Vera plant". Once at home, make sure to say excuse me and thank you to the plant before cutting (yes it's a myth that Mom taught me, but believe it or not it's true); if you don't say those things the leaf will dry too fast.
Now to the point, once you get it, wash it with plain water, cut the thorns from the outside of the leaf and then cut it in half (meaning open the leaf). what goes on the bed sore is the sticky stuff from the inside of the leaf. DO NOT use this if she/he has an open sore already, make sure that Hospice or your doctor provides patches with DuoDERM. But if the sores are just sore and red, use the Aloe Vera.
Good luck and I know it works wonders.
Hugs
There are preventive and dynamic specialty mattresses that medicare will pay for in the home. When it comes to dealing with nursing homes it is their fianancial responsibility to provide the speciality equipment that medicare would pay for in the private home. The big however is that they may wait to provide a more aggressive protocol due to the "cost" of providing the correct equipment. They may opt for the cheaper less expensive treatments and equipmewnt due to the high cost of aggressive solutions; finding the right product for the right job. The old saying is true: "You do get what you pay for". When it comes to preventing pressure sores or treating them I will reach for the most aggressive approach and the sooner the better. Pressure sores in certain individuals only take 20 minutes to start; and will takes months or years to heal. So the our motto we have is "the easiest wound to heal is....the one that never happens." Take the steps now to find the specialists that can help prevent or minimize the pressure sore syndrome. Good luck!
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