Home care for people with depression

Home care for people with depression

It has been clinically found that many depressed patients relapsed not long after they recovered and were discharged from the hospital because they did not adhere to the medication or reduced their medication on their own, and were sent to the hospital again. In fact, if the patient's family members can master a certain knowledge of rehabilitation and nursing, the recurrence of the disease or the occurrence of accidents can be reduced. Therefore, it is particularly important for the recovery and prognosis of patients to do a good job of family care for patients with depression.

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Help patients develop good living habits

Some family members believe that the patient is sick and should be recuperating at home, and not be allowed to do anything. In fact, this does not help the recovery of the disease. Family members should let the patient maintain good living habits, live on time, and do what they can. This will not only make the patient feel that he is a useful person, but also exercise their independent bearing capacity. Appropriate help should be given to the problems encountered by patients, so as to enhance their social adaptability.

Pay attention to sleep care to ensure sleep time

The sleep characteristics of patients with depression are that they wake up early, wake up easily, and are most prone to suicidal behavior when they just wake up. Family members should arrange appropriate activities for patients during the day and reduce sleep time during the day to facilitate sleep at night; try to maintain a quiet sleeping environment before going to sleep, do not let them watch some overly exciting and exciting TV programs, or have a drink Warm milk or soak your feet in warm water to help you fall asleep. In addition, do not drink too much water before going to bed, so as to avoid difficulty falling asleep after urinating. The family should pay attention to observe the patient's sleep every night, and give comfort when they find that they wake up early. If you don't sleep well for several days, you should contact your doctor promptly.

Pay attention to proper dietary supplementation

Depressed patients often suffer from loss of appetite and even refusal to eat due to low mood, resulting in malnutrition. Therefore, family members should focus on high protein, high calorie, and high vitamins when cooking. When the patient has a poor appetite, they can be given some of their favorite foods, or they can eat smaller meals more often.

Watch closely to prevent accidents

For depressed patients with suicidal and self-injurious behaviors, family members should closely observe the changes in the condition and abnormal speech and behavior, such as making a will, arranging things in an orderly manner, giving up things with feelings, collecting a lot of drugs, collecting knives and scissors Items such as ropes, sudden refusal of treatment, or sudden "improvement" of the condition, etc. At this time, in addition to taking effective measures to strengthen monitoring of patients in a timely manner, it is also necessary to strengthen the safekeeping of dangerous goods.

Text / Zhu Benhao

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