Thank you Right at home in Clearwater FL for providing appropriate educational material to inform it's home health aids to provide appropriate care .Along with providing education in a nice thoughtful way.
These video’s from Nurse Nancy are priceless for anyone providing home care whether it is for a patient or a loved one. I look forward to your future posts!
We are having issues with sticky saliva being a source of waking up choking during the night. Sitting foreward was suggested when you are eating. Sitting at the table is harder than walking around and eating. A child’s “sippy cup” seems to be helpful and prevents spills. We have one that you press you teeth into to release fluid and that worked well in bed and the drinking bottles with a straw inside the bottle are helpful but they tend to get mold in the snout so you need one you can take apart and wash or put in bleach or hydrogen peroxide to clean it and a straw and baby brush will clean it. Sitting up is not always enough some time you have to sit forward of the 90 degree angle so food and liquid go do right. You and also breath in a page particular and have it go down the wrong way with fluid and you can find yourself. Choking on saliva in the middle of the night is scary but sleeping on you side help stop it most of the time.
Sounds like an ordeal. Most definitely, the person needs to be forward and upright...like 120 degrees to prevent going down "the wrong pipe". Why is the mucus thick? Is it possible to consider a muculytic like mucinex, use a humidifier? Also, sleep in semi fowlers position. Hope this helps.
My mother coughs after eating and drinking . She had pneumonia but they don’t know she has dementia as she fools everyone. She’s with me now and I see and hear it and it’s very concerning because in her mind she thinks it’s post nasal drip . Refuses a swallow test and any other tests . Thank you for this video . I myself was diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus but I don’t have a problem swallowing but I am on medication for the reflux.
Hello Kristin. Yes, she really needs that swallow test, unfortunately, and it doesn't take much to do as it is not invasive. Have you done a mini mental state exam on your mom? I'm not sure she would cooperate but would give you a score to help you determine if there is demand and the degree of it. You can download the form online. Oh and please subscribe!!
She refuses everything and her primary told me something bad will happen and that’s when I can say and do something. For now it’s her right to refuse . It’s hard that I have to wait but she knows her rights and I can’t physically force her . I did my research and believe she’s at stage 6 dementia
@@caregiversuccessbynancytheNP I can’t even get her to her primary but I called him as he knows me and my concerns. She’s now shuffling her feet and has a very hard time walking and refuses a Walker . Her incontinence is so bad she will sit in her diaper wet for hours . How she hasn’t had a uti it’s unbelievable. She refuses to bathe . Her primary told me she knows her rights and it’s going to take something to happen for me to get the help I need for her .
hi nancy my husband 57 had multiple strokes in oct 2019, currently in rehab is on a peg tube due to disphagia is waiting for swallowing test but is npo but has infiltration again today . is not able to sit in chair for a long time but aides leave him and forget him im not able to visit since 3/16 and cant control his health and care due to that home care evaluation canceled wat should i do v worried
Hi Anita I'm sorry you're going through so much. It's hard when you can't be there to help your husband. Maybe you can ask that they put a gel cushion on the chair to make sure he doesn't get any bed sores if he sitting for any length of time. If you have more questions you can email me@nancythenp@gmail.com
I seem to be suffering from aspiration pneumonia more frequently having had several bouts of it just this evening alone. I'm wondering if I should ask to have a PEG tube put in as a means of bypassing the throat altogether to prevent this from happening because right now I'm even aspirating on saliva at this point?
Hi Michael, Yes if you're even aspirating on saliva that's a big concern. Please consult with your gastroenterologist is enterologist and let them take a look at you closely to determine what you need in order to prevent this problem. God-bless and take care!
@@caregiversuccessbynancytheNPI have also same problem. I consulted more than 5 otolaryngologist n ent doctor. They are telling me this is pure nonsense, don't believe on internet, this type of desiss doesn't exists , bla bla bla . The sad part is in my city not a single doctor awere of this problem . I am loosing my hope. Plz help me
My mom had a seizure(Tuesday)and now the nurse can hear crackling noise in her right lung. They wont do a xray because they say it's too soon to see anything
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Hi there i live in Canada, Ontario and my dad of 81 years old and he has COPD, and has had a mini T.I.A. stroke and was diagnosed 2 weeks ago of having aspiration pneumonia and we were told to take Prednisone & amoxcillan and he just finished both ... we are having an issue of what foods he can eat ... we were told he has to be on a soft liquid diet ... hospital gave us a list but it was not helpful can u send me a list of foods he should be eating and how much he should be eating of it ,,, he doesn't get full from all liquid diet ,,, any links u can send me of foods he can eat? he wants to eat heavier foods and is not full .... its a lil frustrated for me & my wife cause we need to be giving him the right foods and he craves the heavy foods ...
Hi, it would be good to meet with a speech therapist and nutritionist to make sure your dad can swallow what you feed him and that he is getting enough calories. Let me know how it goes.! Nancy the NP
im 13 years old and sometimes when i eat i feel like it isn’t going down to my stomach i can feel it in my throat sometimes i can’t breathe normally and i havr trouble falling asleep because i can’t breathe normally and i sweat alot is this aspiration pneumonia im scared:(((
@@theantarctcpolar4741 there is some issues with a condition called kyphosis and cervical lordosis, since the neck gets postured forward repositioning the esophagus and the epiglottis, causing food to "go down the wrong pipe." Thanks for subscribing!😀
Hi there! A fork is like a whisk, which separates the thickener to reduce clumping. Spoons do not do the job well. Hope that helps. Please subscribe! 😊😊
Im 16 years old and terrified that this will happen to me, to the point where I can barely eat or drink, I have gerd is this a reason for me to be worried?
@Orange Juice Gurl I think it happens more in older people because they can't cough as good but it sucks because there's not much that I can ever find online
Yes, it has been linked to aspiration pneumonia if you have gastric esophageal reflux disease which is GERD. Hope this helps! Nancy the NP.... check out my other videos on RU-vid at Caregiver Success!
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