When you are sick and alone, you need an advocate that you can count on to help keep you safe and sound. When you are in the hospital, your advocate will ensure you get the proper care for your situation. Your advocate will ensure you are clean and the doctors are doing what they should be doing to get you back to your old self once again.
You need someone to check on you and see that you have dry bedding throughout the night and that you are getting better and not getting worse daily. Check on your loved one often and at different times throughout the day. Ensure they get enough food and water to drink throughout the day. I have noticed that people’s water has been sitting across the room where they cannot even reach it.
Any behavior that harms or hurts a person is inhuman and not acceptable. A person has a right to a dry bed night and a glass of water that they can access quickly and easily 24/7. Advocates must ensure no bruises, bedsores, feces, or other signs of neglect on their loved ones.
Remember, you will be sick or old someday yourself. Ask yourself whether you want to be treated this way when ill or elderly. If you cannot handle being a caregiver, don’t take that job that will make you miserable and make the people you sup-possibly care for sad beyond belief.
Always keep the Golden Rule close to your heart and live by it daily: ” Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You ” God wants his children to act as he would towards people who cannot help themselves. Advocates keep God’s flock safe and sound throughout life’s storms. Honor those that are sick and elderly with the utmost respect.
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