How To Take Care Of Your Patient After Recovery Coronavirus

If you have someone who has just returned home after being recovered from COVID 19 disease, you must be caring for them at home. This process must be physically tiring and emotionally draining. However, it is ok to feel empathetic for the person you are caring for, but this doesn’t mean that you forget about your own health. If you are taking care of them, you need to follow proper precautions. According to reports by doctors in Hong Kong people who recover from the virus can still be left with weak lungs. A study from China shows that the new coronavirus can still be in a body for at least two weeks before showing symptoms.

Which makes it more essential to take care of people who have recovered from coronavirus but with proper precautions.

Here we have mentioned ways in which you can take care of the loved ones who have just returned home after fighting the virus.

1. Keep them isolated in a separate room away from everyone. If possible, make them use a separate bathroom.
2. Clean the often-shared touched surfaces using a disinfectant.
3. Avoid sharing towels, bedding, dishes, and other household items.
4. Wear a mask and gloves when you go near them.
5. Wash your hands frequently.
6. Keep them cheerful and play online games with them just to keep them emotionally high. If possible, try to connect them with their friends and family through a video call.
7. Don’t make them feel discriminated, try to support them but by maintaining proper precautions.
8. If a doctor has suggested any herbal drink, fruits, medicine to them, give it to them on time.
9. Put a sanitizer with a minimum 60% alcohol in it, in their room which they can use anytime.
10. Avoid unnecessary visitors at your home until the person is fully recovered.
11. Avoid contact with sick person’s body fluids.
12. When you are washing the recovered person’s, clothes wash your hands after doing it. Thoroughly wash their close using a detergent, also is advisable to disinfect their clothes.
13. When you are dealing with the utensils used by the recovered person try to use the gloves and wash them with soap and warm water.
14. After using the gloves and masks, dispose of them in a dustbin properly. Also, Read - Covid-19 Pandemic And Mental Wellness

How to overcome the caregiving stress?

We understand taking care of a recovered person can be an overwhelming process as it can give you stress and anxiety. Taking care of the recovered person may make you feel worried about your family’s health too. The whole taking care process can affect your ability to sleep, eat and think.

It is essential to take care of yourself, too during this chaos. Follow these tips to take care of yourself.

• Stick to a daily routine properly.
• Get up and exercise regularly.
• Take a break from COVID-19 news and social media.
• Take proper sleep and meals.
• Keep yourself occupied and connect with your friends, share with them how you feel and how you are coping with it.

Taking care of yourself will help in taking care of your loved ones, therefore don’t overstress yourself during this process.

P.S: Also, we highly recommend if you are an older person or have a medical history of heart and lung disease you must find another person to take care of the patient and isolate yourself from them to avoid the risk.

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