Tag: #bedlifeandbeyond
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Training for Support Workers
I have Support Workers/ paid carers coming here every day to care for me with my disabilities. They need training to try to make sure I’ll be safe in their care. We try to make sure they understand what it’s like for me to receive care, as well as how to practically care for me…
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Bed Life Hack: freshening armpits!
Armpits get stinky and when you’re bedridden it can be hardest to wash your armpits. It’s easier to sit on a shower chair and rinse your private areas occasionally and dry with a towel and put on fresh underwear than to rinse your armpits. To properly eradicate their smell once they get pongy you need…
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Huge Day, Showering
So what composes of a huge day when you only live in bed? Having a shower. It’s such a huge amount of energy output that I only have a shower about once a month now. How bad does it get before I have this shower? Really bad! I smell about three kinds of onions under…
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Podiatrist
Today I had my first Podiatrist visit ever. She visited me at home. She checked my blood circulation in my feet with an ultrasound, and cut and polished my toenails. I used to think needing a Podiatrist was one of the last lines to cross into being geriatric. I thought Podiatrists were old men in…
Bed Life and Beyond 