Conditions and daily care

This is the part of the site families read at night. It is written for what to actually do on an ordinary Tuesday — how to prevent a fall in a bathroom with a wet floor, how to stop medicines being doubled up, how to move someone in bed without hurting either of you, how to notice pressure marks early.

None of it is medical advice. Where a symptom, a medicine or a treatment is involved, the answer is always to talk to the treating doctor. What these pages can do is make the home safer, the routine calmer, and the questions you bring to the next appointment sharper.

If a page describes a clinical task — injections, wound care, catheters, oxygen — note who is legally and properly qualified to do it in your state, and plan around that rather than around who is available.