Nurses will fit the catheter but if the patient is at home they may need the Doctor's orders. Bear in mind it all needs to be kept very clean, catheters can cause soreness and lead to infections and the bag must be emptied regularly. If he gets confused he mustn't try to pull it out, there is a little air balloon inside to keep it in.
Hugs and good luck, Lyn. I hope you can get more help than you did with your Mum. x
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Oh Lyn - that's desperate. I hope Tetley's link is of some use to you and you can get some help somewhere. Lack of sleep won't make it any easier for you either.
Don't ever feel you're whingeing. It's vital you can offload. it's what our little 'family' here is for. xxx
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Tetley, they are about 17 miles from here. Worth looking at.
mum had a catheter for 6 months last year, also a stoma, so I could easlily cope with that side of things. If I need to get the doctor first, that could then become a lengthy process.
the trouble with getting care down here is that there is no one to do it, I offered to pay anything last year for help with mum, I was told even if I was willing to pay 100.00 per hour, I wouldn't get any.
i only ever had temporary care, nothing permanent, what they call a care package was neve put in place. couldn't get a MacMillan nurse in the whole time I looked after her.
young people do not want to go into this type of work these days, and even less want to live in the quiet backwater areas.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Lyn have you tried advertising in the JobCentre? I needed care for my mum and found lots of NVQ qualified carers, fed up with social care only allowing them five mins a patient. I offered £14 an hour and just a few hours three days a week. The phone rang off the hook!
Good suggestion Susie, but we are in the last stages and I wouldn't think it worthwhile to come of the dole for what will probably be just a week if that, then they have to sign back on, that's not easy.
I manages to get St Luke's Hospice to come out on a emergency all last year, but they can't commit to anything, it's just a day to day care.
i will phone the nurses tomorrow, if I can get the catheter it will be a great help.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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Thanks Doc, tomorrow I am going to ring the district nurse and see if they will fit a catheter, at least that will be one job less.
do you think they will do that or does the doctor have to request it?
Lyn ((hugs))
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Nurses will fit the catheter but if the patient is at home they may need the Doctor's orders. Bear in mind it all needs to be kept very clean, catheters can cause soreness and lead to infections and the bag must be emptied regularly. If he gets confused he mustn't try to pull it out, there is a little air balloon inside to keep it in.
Hugs and good luck, Lyn. I hope you can get more help than you did with your Mum. x
Oh Lyn - that's desperate. I hope Tetley's link is of some use to you and you can get some help somewhere. Lack of sleep won't make it any easier for you either.
Don't ever feel you're whingeing. It's vital you can offload. it's what our little 'family' here is for. xxx
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you
Tetley, they are about 17 miles from here. Worth looking at.
mum had a catheter for 6 months last year, also a stoma, so I could easlily cope with that side of things. If I need to get the doctor first, that could then become a lengthy process.
the trouble with getting care down here is that there is no one to do it, I offered to pay anything last year for help with mum, I was told even if I was willing to pay 100.00 per hour, I wouldn't get any.
i only ever had temporary care, nothing permanent, what they call a care package was neve put in place. couldn't get a MacMillan nurse in the whole time I looked after her.
young people do not want to go into this type of work these days, and even less want to live in the quiet backwater areas.
I agree with TETLY. I couldn't cope without Crossroads....2 hours on a Tuesday and 3 on a Wednesday. All their carers are lovely, male and female.
Crossroads were a real lifeline for many of the families I worked with.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lyn have you tried advertising in the JobCentre? I needed care for my mum and found lots of NVQ qualified carers, fed up with social care only allowing them five mins a patient. I offered £14 an hour and just a few hours three days a week. The phone rang off the hook!
good luck.
Good suggestion Susie, but we are in the last stages and I wouldn't think it worthwhile to come of the dole for what will probably be just a week if that, then they have to sign back on, that's not easy.
I manages to get St Luke's Hospice to come out on a emergency all last year, but they can't commit to anything, it's just a day to day care.
i will phone the nurses tomorrow, if I can get the catheter it will be a great help.