Benefits of Good Personal Hygiene

Personal hygiene involves properly caring for your body by keeping it clean and healthy while enabling you to look and feel your best. It is also a powerful way for you to protect yourself from illness and infection.

The personal hygiene should be thought about part of the daily routine. But even though it sounds obvious, many are unacquainted with the benefits of good personal hygiene. Personal hygiene helps us both to advertise good health and enhance our appearance . Today, we explain why personal hygiene is important.

Continence

This site explains incontinence and some from the reasons that it may occur in individuals with dementia. It suggests ways that families and carers can manage the problem.

Eating

This site provides a number of practical techniques for people caring for someone with dementia who's having problems eating.

Hygiene 

This information looks at the issue of hygiene for those who have dementia. It discusses some of the possible causes of problems, in addition to suggestions to help families and carers manage bathing, shaving, dental, hair and nail care.

Intimacy & Sexual issues

This site discusses intimacy and sexual issues for those who have dementia, their families and carers. It describes the importance of those issues in their lives and the ways to deal with some of the problems that may arise.

Dental care

Details about caring for the dental health of individuals with dementia. It discusses a few of the possible causes of dental problems in addition to practical advice for maintaining the perfect dental health.

Dressing

This information explains a few of the problems that people with dementia may have when dressing. It provides families and carers a number of practical recommendations for managing these common problems.

Nutrition

Discusses the importance of good nutrition, and offers some practical ways that families and carers can make sure that a person with dementia is well nourished.

Sleeping 

This site discusses some of the causes of sleeping problems and offers some suggestions for families and carers to assist manage this common, yet difficult problem.