Post Operative Care In Seniors by swarnavihar

 A patient, who in recent times, has been under the knife, requires a lot of post-operative nursing care as well as post-operative care at regular intervals once they are discharged from the hospital, especially in the case of seniors or elderly people. This whole process involves the combination of tending to their physical and psychological needs post-surgery, which is generally referred to as post operative care. We, at Swarnavihar oldage homes in Pune, an assisted-care living facility for needy elders, have our primary aim of taking utmost care of the seniors, providing them with proper post-operative nursing care as well as post operative care along with a human dose of compassion, empathy, and kindness, armed with a team of highly-qualified doctors and efficient medical staffs.

Overcoming an illness or injury is a tiresome process upon reaching a certain age, one of the valid reasons justifying the presence of trained doctors. With post operative, nursing care, and post operative care programs, the patients, particularly, the seniors will recover fast, as a result of which, they’ll be able to lead a stress-free life, in a well-facilitated environment, along with round-the-clock care and comfort-a life of pure bliss and contentment. Also, an efficient team of trained physiotherapists, nurses, and caregivers contribute a great deal in making the elderlies get back to their normal self. Professional physiotherapists say, at old age homes in Pune, help the elderly patients having mobility issues, to get back on the path to recovery thereby restoring their usual self in the process. The teams also pitch in for messages as well as hot or cold pad treatments as parallel therapy for pain. The caregivers in old age homes in Pune look after the minutest details of the seniors like their sitting posture and sleeping positions and rectify them, when and as needed.

However, it is worth mentioning that in post-operative nursing care or after-surgery care, especially amongst the elderly, incision has to be taken care of while it is healing. Doctors may use either stitches, staples, tissue, glue, or tape strips to close the incision and the area needs to be clean along with regular dressing as per doctor guidelines, and also check for signs of infection if any.

Below are ways to reduce the risk of infection during post operative care:

• Going by the doctor’s instructions, keep the area dry for the instructed period.
• Having a check on incision on a daily basis for the signs of infection if any.
• Change the dressing as per the doctor’s guidelines.

 The precautions/don’t do are:

• Scrubbing or rubbing incisions/wounds.
• Removal of tape strips from incisions.
• Wound exposure to direct sunlight.
• Applying powder or lotion on the wound.
• Taking a bath and making incisions in contact with water.

It goes without saying that a well-rested body and a happy heart are getaways to good health, also accounting for successful post operative care. And with a highly qualified, efficient, and diligent team of doctors, physiotherapists, nurses, and caregivers accessible, say, at old age homes in Pune, the noble task of holistic healing of the seniors couldn’t have been any better. And not to forget, cured by humane feelings of love, empathy, kindness, and compassion, the grim scenarios relating to the elderly seem to be translating into hopefulness and positivity ahead in the future.