If you have a loved one who needs medical care for a health condition, you might struggle to find the time to provide this care yourself or find adequate carers to visit your loved one at home. Therefore, thinking about care homes can be a useful step. If you or your loved one is unsure about the idea, here are some of the medical benefits that living in a care home can offer.
Professional Carers
You may have been providing at-home care for your loved one for a while now, but in a care home, there are professionally trained carers who have all the necessary skills and techniques to assist every resident. This gives both the resident and the resident's family peace of mind that they are receiving high-quality care.
Nursing Staff
Having nursing staff always available makes a care home a far safer environment for someone with a medical condition that needs regular monitoring and assistance. Many care homes employ skilled nurses to give treatments and medications according to residents' needs. The level of planning and consideration that goes into this is usually far superior to any other setting.
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Sean M Hughes MA
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
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Compassion fatigue is when you are exposed to suffering, trauma, or similar negative emotional states in others so much that you become desensitized and indifferent to it. You may also hear it referred to as secondary trauma or vicarious trauma, with many arguing that it’s an inevitable response.
Whichever name you use, it’s a condition in which you feel physically and psychologically exhausted, resulting in a diminished capacity for empathy. This, in turn, has a negative impact on your ability to do your job as a nurse.
Sadly, compassion fatigue is not uncommon in the healthcare field, which is why it’s so important to be alert to the symptoms and understand how to respond when they arise.