HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Family Caregivers, Urinary Tract Infection
31 May 2016
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Labour of love: 1999 national film board of canada. Congested heart failure, sores on legs due to low blood circulation. Son quit job lives off of savings and mothers pension. Son has a tough time finding time for himself- mother is always calling him at night. Daughter finds it draining and tiring- occasionally wants a break. Mother has worked since she was thirteen. Doesn"t want to put her in a nursing home- too scared. Hepatitis c due to contaminated blood, stroke left him unable to walk and talk (husband) Can"t leave him more than an hour by himself. Retired nurse (daughter) and husband take after her takes care of mother after she broke her hip. Has to be moved every 4 hours in bed. Paul had to put her in a nursing home- getting to hard to take care of her. Doesn"t know if he can take visiting her anymore.
