“Every patient is a unique person”
“How do I tell him this ?, He’s very down and I don’t know how to cheer him up, He doesn’t want to eat, what shall I do?”
These are situations which can occur every day to the family or carer of a patient who is in the advanced stage of his illness.
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Practical advice for your everyday life
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To be with and care for your loved one requires strength and is a big responsibility and even though there is love and dedication, the family/carer can still meet with difficulties which will cause tiredness and can wear one out.
This is why, in Cudeca, we help the family/carer with professional advice to better look after their loved one and also to help the family/carer themselves.
Information about the plan of care
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We provide to the patient pain and symptom control of the advanced illness and provide the family/carer the support they need.
Every patient is unique, deserving the best care possible at all levels and in Cudeca this is provided extensively to the family/carer with our “special kind of caring”.
Supports and care in the role as caregiver
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In addition, with the objective of improving quality of life to the patient, they can participate in the following:
- Therapies like gentle massage, reiki etc. provided by our team of volunteers and supervised by our qualified nurse/co-ordinator of the Day Centre.
- Physiotherapy and rehabilitation given by our physiotherapist and monitored by our specialist doctor in rehabilitation.
Workshops
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We have created workshops for individuals or groups so that the family/carer looks after themselves and in this way, they are able to care better for the patient:
- Workshop – “A practical guide to caring “
- Workshop – “Communicating with your loved one”
- Workshop – “Bereavement”
We thank Obra Social La Caixa for their collaboration.