Elder Care in Rahway NJ
May 5 is Hand Hygiene Day. If you are on an elder care journey with your aging parent, this is the perfect opportunity for you to learn more about the importance of handwashing and germ control 
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all people should wash their hands thoroughly before or after certain actions or events, including:
- Before, after, and throughout food preparation
- Before eating
- Before and after coming into contact with anyone who is ill
- Before and after caring for a wound, cut, or other injury
- After using the restroom or helping someone else use the restroom
- After changing a diaper or incontinence garment
- After sneezing, coughing, blowing your nose, or wiping your nose
- Before and after touching your eyes
- After coming into any contact with an animal, including petting, feeding, watering, or cleaning up after it
- After touching any form of pet food or treats
- After touching any form of garbage
Ideally, you should wash your hands using soap and running water. Scrub for at least 20 seconds and then rinse. Avoid drying your hands on a multi-use towel or anything damp. If soap and water are not available, it is important to clean your hands using a hand sanitizer. While there are many of these products available on the market, they can be expensive and many contain harsh chemicals that are irritating to the skin. Some even contain antibacterial properties that research now shows actually foster the growth and strength of viruses and germs, making them more resistant and therefore more dangerous.
Instead, try making your own. This gel is highly effective but not damaging to the skin. It also has a pleasant, natural scent. Make several bottles so that you can keep them around the house as well as in a day bag for you and your parent’s elderly health care services provider to use when out and about with your aging loved one.
What You Will Need
- 1/4 of a teaspoon of Vitamin E, which can be found at most pharmacies in an oil based form
- 8 ounces of pure 100% aloe vera gel
- 5 to 10 drops of lavender EO (essential oil)
- 30 drops of tea tree EO at 0.5% concentration
- 1 tablespoon of witch hazel extract or high alcohol proof vodka
- A small glass bowl
- A squeeze bottle
- A funnel
What to Do
- In the small bowl, add the Vitamin E, lavender oil and tea tree oil together
- Mix well using a spoon
- Add the witch hazel, or alcohol if using, to the mix
- Mix well; making sure that the witch hazel is fully mixed in
- Add the aloe vera gel to the small bowl
- Mix the aloe vera gel with the oil mix in the bowl by hand
- Make sure to scrunch the gel with the oils to get them deep inside
- Open the top of the squeeze bottle and place the plastic funnel in the top
- Pour the aloe vera mix into the squeeze bottle, through the funnel
- Shake the bottle to mix
- Shake gently before every use
If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring elder care in Rahway, NJ, call the caring staff at Helping Hands Home Care today at 908-418-4299. Providing Home Care Services in all of Northern and Central NJ, including Clark, Westfield, Cranford, Scotch Plains, Rahway, Linden, Summit, Edison, Elizabeth, Mountainside and the surrounding areas.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/when-how-handwashing.html
After graduating from Seton Hall University with a BS in finance Helping Hands Homecare’s Owner / President, Robert D’Arienzo, went to work on Wall St. for six years. However, after Robert’s grandmother became ill with stomach cancer Robert and his family needed to find assistance in the home for her. After many trials and tribulations Robert could see that there was a great need for quality home care services here in NJ and loved the idea of being able to assist other families who were going through what his family went through with his beloved grandmother.
Thus, Robert had found his passion. After almost a year of preparation Robert opened Helping Hands Homecare in 2003. Robert wanted Helping Hands Homecare to focus on providing the highest quality of caregivers, exceptional customer service, and providing a service that familys could depend on in their time of need. Since then Helping Hands has assisted hundreds of individuals with the simplest of needs to more complex cases while preserving those standards set out many years ago.
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