Does Your Senior Need IV Antibiotics at Home?
Recovering from an infection is serious business and your elderly family member may be able to do that at home, even if the infection is one that requires more than an oral antibiotic. Intravenous antibiotics may be a viable option for your elderly family member, but there are variables that need to be assessed.
Elderly Care in Glenolden PA: IV Antibiotics at Home
Diagnosing the Infection
The very first step in treating any infection is diagnosing the infection itself. The bacterium causing the illness is narrowed down via testing. Your senior’s doctor then determines how involved the infection is and whether this is likely to be a situation that will respond well to known treatments. If this is a recurring infection for your elderly family member, her doctor may want her to be on a longer and more intensive treatment program. That could very well include IV antibiotics among other treatments.
Assessing the Situation Further
There are other factors that determine whether your elderly family member is a candidate to treat her infection at home using IV therapies. Her overall health and medical history are definitely part of that equation. If your elderly family member is strong enough to go home, even with an infection, then her doctors may determine that it’s a good idea for her to be in her own environment with the option for intravenous antibiotics.
Managing Lifestyle Changes
Being at home and dealing with healing further may involve making some changes to your senior’s lifestyle, like eating healthier foods and practicing good handwashing techniques. Home health care providers can show you how these and other solutions can help your elderly family member to heal much more quickly and safely, even with the IV treatments.
Getting Help from Home Health Care Providers
There are other potential issues your senior might run into as well. Showering is likely to be difficult, for example, and there may be other issues with things like getting dressed and getting comfortable while resting. All of these are situations that home health care providers can help with while they’re making sure that your senior’s intravenous antibiotics are administered correctly.
Home IV antibiotics may not be right for every situation. Your senior’s medical team will determine if this is the best solution for her particular situation and this particular illness. If it is determined that home IV antibiotics are the right answer for her, she’s not going to have to go through that alone.
If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Elderly Care in Glenolden, PA, please contact the friendly staff at Suma Home Care.
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Ibrahim recently completed a Professional Certificate in Management; He is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administrations (MBA) at a prestigious university in the UK.
With their passion for helping others and a strong background in customer services and clinical care, Ibrahim and his wife started assisting individuals in their homes.
Since started and operating Suma Home Care in 2010 in the basement of their home, Suma Home Care has provided professionals who work endlessly in providing clients with the highest quality of care, while enabling clients to maintain dignity, comfort and safety in their homes.
Suma Home Care, serves four counties in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia. Ibrahim is firmly connected to his local community and is always looking for ways to give back whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Ibrahim enjoys spending time with his wife and children, travelling and enjoys sports.
Mariama Suma-Keita BSN RN
Born in Sierra Leone west Africa, relocated to America in 1999 from a civil war and settled since in the U.S.A as a Naturalized citizen Graduated from National school of nursing with an associate , and completed BSN in Nursing from Immaculata University graduated with Honor roll Alpha Lambda sigma, After escaping the war served as a refugee nurse in Gambia and Guinea to other displaced refugees before coming to America.
In the states started in Homecare then then transition into hospital, worked in Jefferson hospital as a Registered nurse on Tele and general medsurg floor, also worked in Einstein hospital as an oncology transplant nurse , I realized that I enjoy working with patients so much and believe in quality and compassionate care one at a time dealing with an holistic approach in caring for patients and family in a familiar environment called home , I see the impact and progress when they’re home , it makes them feel relax and progress fast with recovering at home. As a nurse and entrepreneur I understand that dedication to meeting people and families needs is a priority, and able to foster relationships with family and patients that is professional and friendly to help them stay and settled home as a desire.
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