Please watch this video to learn more about the Supporting One’s Journey into the Spirit World project.
As a caregiver, you may have many questions.
How can I dress someone in bed, or move someone around in bed? How can I help prevent bed sores?
CareChannel.ca/Indigenous is an online portal with free resources for family and community caregivers to help them in their caregiving journeys.
Available in English, French, Ojibway.
Skills Covered are How To:
- Dress Someone in Bed
- Prevent Caregiver Injury
- Move Someone in Bed
- Change a Catheter
- Help with Eating and Drinking
- Change an Adult Brief
- Prevent Bed Sores
- Prevent Falls
- Give and Receive a Needle (Subcutaneous Injection)
- Use a Mechanical Lift
10+ Indigenous Video Resources
In 3 Languages
As a caregiver, you may have many questions. How can I dress someone in bed, or move someone around in bed? How can I help prevent bed sores?
CareChannel.ca/Indigenous is an online portal with free resources for family and community caregivers to help them in their caregiving journeys.
Available in English, French, Ojibway.
Prevent Caregiver Injury
Move Someone in Bed
Change a Catheter
Help with Eating and Drinking
Prevent Bed Sores
Prevent Falls
Give and Receive a Needle (Subcutaneous Injection)
Use a Mechanical Lift
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10+ Indigenous Video Resources -
In 3 Languages
Caregiver Skills Demonstration Videos
How to Dress Someone in Bed
Dressing is a very personal experience and needs to be done in a sensitive and respectful way, while considering a person’s physical comfort and personal preferences. In this video we will show you how to assist someone with getting dressed in bed.
How to Help Move Someone Around in Bed
Providing care to individuals who have limited mobility often involves helping them move around while they are in bed. You might also be afraid of hurting yourself or the person you are caring for. In this video, we will review how to roll someone in bed, boost someone up in the bed and sit someone up on the side of the bed.
How to Help Someone with Eating and Drinking
Eating is a very personal experience and assistance needs to be offered in a sensitive and respectful way. In this video we will show you how to assist someone eating and drinking.
How to Maintain a Catheter
Catheter care is a very personal experience and needs to be done in a sensitive and respectful way. In this video we will show you how to take care of a catheter so that you’ll feel a little more prepared.
How to Protect Yourself from Common Caregiver Injuries
As a caregiver you will likely provide physical assistance to the person you are caring for. This video will teach you how to protect yourself from common caregiver injuries. It will also help you understand techniques for safely assisting with mobility, including transfers and repositioning, to protect the caregiver and the person receiving care.
How to Change an Adult Brief
Providing personal care and changing of one’s brief is a very personal experience. It is important to offer assistance in a sensitive and respectful way. In this video, we will show you how to change an adult diaper, usually called a brief, and give you some tips to help you care for someone with incontinence.
Preventing Bed Sores
Providing care to an individual is a very personal experience and assistance needs to be offered in a sensitive and respectful way. In this video, we’ll be showing you some ways that you can help stop and prevent pressure ulcers from forming.
How to Prevent Falls
Falls are the most common cause of injury in older adults. 1 in 3 seniors fall every year, resulting in 100,000 hospital visits. In this video, we’ll show you how to make your environment safer to prevent these falls from happening.
How to Give a Needle (subcutaneous injection)
Both giving and receiving a needle is a very personal experience and assistance needs to be offered in a sensitive and respectful way. In this video, we’ll review how to give a specific type of needle that only goes into their fatty tissue. These needles are called “Subcutaneous” and are only used to administer medications like insulin, blood thinners, and pain medication.
How to Transfer a Person From Bed to Wheelchair Using a Mechanical Lift
As a caregiver, it is likely you will provide physical help to the individual that you are caring for. It is important to prioritize your own safety while providing physical assistance, while maintaining the safety of the individual you are caring for. In this video you will learn how to safely use a mechanical lift to move or transfer an individual from one surface to another. By following these steps and the recommendations made by your health care professional you can effectively and safely use a mechanical lift.
Elder Willard Pine Sharing Teachings on Caring for Each Other
Elder Willard Pine Teachings. “During the filming of this project, Elder Willard Pine, a member of the Senior Patient Advisory Council from the Garden River First Nation, graciously shared teachings on traditional caregiving within Anishnawbe culture from within his lodge”. Please find them here in this video: https://youtu.be/0coPyZnK82E
