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How Long Do You Need A Caregiver After Hip Surgery ? A Guide With Recovery Times
Having been my mom's caregiver, when she had her posterior approach hip replacement at 88 years old, I know a thing, or two, about what you can expect it to be like, and how much help the patient is going to need. After an anterior approach hip replacement, you may...
Best Things For Hip Replacement Recovery: 90 plus Tips
Hip replacement recovery can seem pretty daunting ahead of surgery, and I must say that I was rather petrified with all it seemed my Mom would not be able to do after her posterior hip replacement. We found out, though, that if you plan ahead, prepare your home, and...
Helpful Items After Hip Replacement: A guide to being prepared for recovery.
Having hip replacement surgery, is pretty intimidating for most people, and their caregivers. But it doesn't have to be. There are quite a few relatively inexpensive items which will make life a lot simpler, and safer. Combined with some thinking ahead, it doesn't...
How To Sit In A Chair After Hip Replacement: An Illustrated Guide
After a hip replacement, if you have been told that you need to follow precautions when sitting down, and standing up, you will need to - sit and stand using a walker use a chair with armrests use a chair with an upright back use a chair with a firm but comfortable...
Do You Need A Raised Toilet Seat After An Anterior Hip Replacement ?
At the time of my Mom's hip replacement I was rather overwhelmed by all the precautions that she, and I, would have to remember to follow, so she didn't hurt her new hip, and my Mom was 88yrs old. This is a lot to handle for a lot of elderly adults who have posterior...
When Can You Use A Regular Toilet Seat After A Hip Replacement ?
After a hip replacement, there are going to be a number of precautions you are going to have to follow, regardless of which type of hip replacement you have. And it is going to get pretty tedious. At first, the pain and all the warnings you were given, will probably...
Toileting After A Hip Replacement: How To Do It Safely ?
Toileting is probably the subject, that people who are facing a posterior or lateral approach hip replacement, are most embarrassed to talk about, but you have too. When my mom had her hip replacement, we asked about what the problems would possibly be, and what I as...
How To Wipe Your Bottom After A Hip Replacement ?
You, just like my mom and I, will have lots of questions about how, and what, you can do after a hip replacement, and some of those questions are rather more embarrassing to ask than others, but nonetheless they still need answering.To wipe your bottom after a hip...
What’s The Correct Chair Height After Hip Replacement ?
If you have had a posterior or lateral hip replacement, to find a good height for your chair seat you need to measure from the floor to the back of your knee, to the point that it bends, and make sure that your chair seat is at the least the same height from the...
How to pick things up after hip replacement
If you are about to have posterior or lateral hip replacement surgery, you are probably rather intimidated by all the things that you have been told you cannot do for a while. Rest assured, though, my mom and I found lots of relatively inexpensive items which will...
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Welcome ! I’m Gareth. This site is where I share all the stuff I have learned, as my elderly parents’ caregiver, of over 10 years. I hope it will be of use to you and your parents, and that you find what you are looking for !