My mom can be non compliant. But this moves her into a level 2 care if someone has to put them on her in the morning and take them off at night. $400 more a month. I'm not sure I trust the nurse in charge regarding this. As we moved from discussion of tubi stockings that possibly my mom could manage , to this ..
Thanks for your replies , they were helpful.
Don't let her sit so long with feet towards the ground. The blood will just pool there,,, My aunt go stage four pressure sore from a place that kept her in a wheel chair for 8 hours.. It was bad.
can she do any kind of leg workouts,? like stationary bike?
I had teds when I was pregnant... They are not fun to put on... but they help keep the blood from pooling in the feet.
To understand the reason why your mother might not be able to manage them, try putting a pair on yourself (put them on your own legs, I mean). It's a heck of a game! You have to be strong in the hands, strong in the wrists, strong in the upper arms and strong in the thighs (the last to keep your leg from waggling around while the stocking gets rolled or pulled up).
What is it that you don't trust the nurse in charge to do?
As the Tubi is cheaper to trial, could you start with that? Ask Mom to show you if she can manage that?
There is the physical act of putting them on + memory + willingness.
My Mother will not even elevate her arm or leg (with odema) on pillows. So they stay puffy.
My client with Parkinson's? I had to offload that job to her son in law who just manhandled her getting them on. Baby powder sort of helped, but holy cow!!
My Dh wears 'compression socks' that are actually a combination of knee high socks that have a lot of compression, but not as much as the prescription ones. Better than nothing, his doc says and they're both fine with them.
I put those stockings on and off mom for years! It’s also a pain finding the right size to fit.
It’s awful! I had a really bad bicycle accident (open compound fracture) several years back and I had aggressive physical therapy after my surgery (rods on both bones).
I did gain most of my range of motion back but have some permanent damage where I lost grip strength in my left wrist.
I was in pain while struggling to put those on. Mom has mobility issues due to her Parkinson’s disease, so she couldn’t put them on.
The home health nurse struggled to get them on too.
I pray that I NEVER have to wear those things!
Daddy had to wear them after his heart surgery. What a nightmare!
I know that they do reduce the swelling and help prevent blood clots but they are such a pain in the a** to put on!
There is no way your mother can do it herself. Go to Amazon and look up zippered compression socks which she MAY be able to manage herself, although who knows?
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=zippered+compression+socks+womens&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
You can get them in all sorts of sizes, from socks to thigh-highs, etc.
Good luck!