Is your elderly loved one going into the hospital for a surgery sometime soon? If so, you may already know what the procedure is going to be. Your elderly loved one’s doctor may have already talked to you about the recovery process for this particular surgery. However, there are some general surgery recovery tips that may help your elderly loved one. Be sure to share these tips with them and their personal care at home providers, so they can get through the recovery process easier and better.

Pain Management

One of the things that your elderly loved one may be thinking about is the pain they will experience after the surgery. Unfortunately, there aren’t many surgeries that aren’t painful afterward. However, with knowing this, there are some tips for managing pain in recovery. Some of these tips include:

• Use of ice and heating pads
• Moving around a little, but not too much
• Taking any medications the doctor prescribes
• Reporting issues after the surgery to the doctor

If your elderly loved one struggles with a lot of pain after their surgery, make sure they are telling their doctor about it. They may need a follow-up appointment. You or a personal care at home provider can drive them to these appointments.

Plenty of Resting

Your elderly loved one needs to take the time to rest during their recovery. They may not want to do anything except for rest in the day just after their surgery. However, as your elderly loved one starts to heal and feel better, they may want to move around a lot more. It is important that you or their personal care at home providers remind them to follow all the doctors orders regarding their recovery. If they move around more than the doctor recommends, that could actually make the recovery process take even longer.

Healthy Eating with Help from Personal Care at Home Aides

Another tip that you should share with your elderly loved one is to make sure they are eating healthy in their recovery. Research shows that there are many foods that have healing benefits. Some of these foods include:

• Blueberries
• Salmon
• Nuts
• Bananas
• Cranberries

There are many other foods that your elderly loved one should eat to improve their recovery process, as well. If needed, you or a personal care at home provider can get some recommendations from your elderly loved one’s doctor or a nutritionist.

If your elderly loved one is going into surgery soon, it is important that they are prepared for the recovery. If they follow these tips and any others their doctor gives to them, it could speed up their recovery process and make it easier, too.

Sources: https://medlineplus.gov/aftersurgery.html
https://www.verywellhealth.com/recovering-after-surgery-3156847

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With over 35 years of experience, Stephen Sternbach has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Star Multi Care Services since 1987. After the sale of the New York and New Jersey operations of Star Multi Care Services, Sternbach brought the company private where he remains President and CEO of this 40-million dollar company. With Sternbach at the helm, Star Multi Care Services employs more than 650 employees, in six offices throughout Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

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