Caring for life, home care for patients with multiple myeloma

   It is very important for patients with multiple myeloma to establish an effective family support system, and for family members to acquire some knowledge of hematologic diseases. And actively participate in the care process to further improve the patient’s quality of life and increase the patient’s confidence in overcoming the disease. Family support includes: 1. What family members should know Family members should know about the clinical manifestations of MM, treatment, medication precautions and diet. Knowing this knowledge, family members can know how to help the patient; how to cope with the disease together with the patient.  2.Spiritual support (psychological support) Create a good emotional atmosphere. The emotional function of the family makes family members close to each other and have a certain sense of security and belonging. Some patients will be frequently and repeatedly hospitalized, while others will be bedridden for a long time. The torment of illness will easily make them have negative emotions such as anxiety, insomnia, depression, irritability, loneliness, and fear of being abandoned by their families. Therefore, family members, relatives and friends should take the initiative to contact the patients, show extra love and care, communicate with them frequently, understand their psychological state, eliminate their loneliness, and understand their needs, help them solve their difficulties as much as possible, guide the patients to voice their worries and pains with kind words, expressions and behaviors, and seek practical and effective ways to enable the patients to face the reality, come to terms with their fears, maintain a stable To build up patients’ confidence to overcome the disease.  3.Material support Provide a safe, convenient and comfortable home environment with reasonable furnishings, smooth and non-slip floors, remove thresholds, stainless steel utensils and tableware, toilets with bidets, and aids and facilities such as canes and handrails to increase the stability of activities when necessary.  4.Living care Provide a colorful and nutritious diet; give the necessary guidance on living and living; bedridden patients should be turned and patted regularly; recovering patients should be assisted in functional exercises; make them independent in life as soon as possible.