As a senior care provider, you should always be ready andprepared whenever you go for your senior home care visit.You also know that certain things are being prevented whenyou go for your visit.

First, you should not waste time. Going to and from to theresidence of the senior home care and to the facility is awaste of time, because of forgetting something. It will alsowaste the time of your senior home care, instead of themdoing their recreational activity; they need to wait for you.

Second, you should not waste energy. All your needed resources during your home care visit should readily be accessible and complete. That is why it is important to have a checklist of things that you need.

The prescriptions should be properlyprepared, with the correct senior’sname, name of the medicine,medicationadministration, and doctor’s signature.Each prescribed drug should beexplained to the senior and the familymember caring for the senior, such asthe purpose, side effects, and how toadminister the medication.

Senior Home Care Ottawa can provide the family thebest locations of pharmacy and education about yourprescription.

First, a review of thedischarge plan should bemade, the details thereshould be known, and ifthere are previous visits,data from each should becarefully reviewed. Next, aplan of care should bemade prior to the visit. Asthe doctor, what would bethe plan of care thatshould be done?

Are there changes tobe made with themedications? Andshould there be otherinterventions to bedone to the patient,example is laboratorytests. As a nurse,what should be yournursing care plan?From previous plans,

should there be revisions of care to bedone? And what are the things to befollowed-up? The medical team inOttawa Home Care collaborates so thatthe plan of care is a holistic approach.

Depending on the case of yoursenior, the necessary equipmentshould be brought. Wounddressings should be readilyavailable, so that the wounds ofthe senior can be checked andcleaned.

Intravenous treatment, when necessary, should also be checked for their

completeness and expiration date. Others

might require a suctioning, although at times, a

portable suction machine is already available in the

senior’s home.

Those seniors that require change orcleaning of feeding tube should also beconsidered. And equipment needed fortheir activities, such as exerciseequipment.Senior Home Care Ottawahas the latest innovation andknowledge when it comes to themedical equipment needed to care forthe senior.