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Meta Description: Home health care in Echo Park focuses on patient safety, including the removal of household hazards like the laundry pods that pose a risk to dementia patients.

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Title: Patient Safety Includes Removing Hazards Like Laundry Pods

H1Laundry Pods Look Like Candy to Dementia Patients, So Echo Park Home Health Care Professionals Remove the Pods for Patient Safety

Although Pegasus serves a variety of individuals, many of our clients are seniors. Some suffer from cognitive impairment. Our in-home care professionals in Echo Park put patient safety first regardless of age or condition.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission accumulates statistics on injuries

Children automatically pop them in their mouth. Some cognitively impaired adults have a greater desire than normal to put things in their mouths.

Then there’s the so-called Tide Pod Challenge. Teenagers and young adults intentionally bite into laundry pods, but usually spit out the detergent. They post videos of themselves doing so on social media.

There’s less concern about taking the Tide Pod Challenge. No one has died from it. It’s a fad and will eventually be replaced by the next fad.

The American Cleaning Institute has asked manufacturers to voluntarily put latches on the containers holding the pods. They have asked that the pods be made with a tough and opaque skin. The primary efforts have been directed at making laundry pods less colorful and appealing.

Proctor & Gamble (P&G), the makers of Tide laundry pods, expresses regret at the deaths of children and elderly individuals. They have made the packaging stronger. They have also coated the pods with a bitter-tasting film.

P&G has no plans to make the pods less colorful. The color is part of the marketing. They are increasing their warnings about not consuming the

Physical therapists work with patients to strengthen them to help prevent falls. Patients also learn how to minimize injury if they do fall. Grab bars are installed for patients who are mobile but at risk for falling.

Medications are another area our care professionals are trained to assess for safety. Some of the households in which we provide services include children. All prescription and OTC drugs must be kept out of their reach.

Adult patients sometimes don’t understand the instructions on how or when to take their medications safely. Others simply aren’t able to take drugs without assistance. Part of in-home care includes monitoring and administering medications in the correct dosages according to schedule.

Pegasus home health care includes helping patients with their personal hygiene. When individuals are clean, with fresh clothes, they usually feel better. Feeling better mentally improves their physical health and