Living with a Urinary Catheter - Hydration Guide - Flipbook - Page 17
Hydration guidance for carers
A carer can be anyone, including children and adults who look after a family member,
partner or friend that require help due to illness or disability and is unable to cope without
their support.
Sometimes people you are caring for do not have a sense of how much they are drinking,
including if they’ve drank enough. Maintaining the hydration of someone you’re caring
for can sometimes be difficult when they are reluctant to drink or have lost their ‘thirst’
mechanism. It’s a good idea to keep track of what a person is drinking by monitoring this
on a daily basis.
Use the pull out hydration tracker
enclosed in the middle of this brochure
to keep an eye on the fluid intake of
the person you are caring for…
Ensure the person you are caring for has access to fluids throughout the day. If they
become ill, particularly with a fever, vomiting or diarrhoea, there is a high risk of becoming
dehydrated, so it is important to start replacing fluid as soon as possible. If it is proving
difficult for them to keep fluids down because they are vomiting, try enabling them to
drink small amounts at a time in order for them to stay hydrated.
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