Method for caring for a bedbound patient using a portable bedside toileting storage system

Abstract

A method for caring for a bed-ridden patient utilizing a portable caddy for storing items used to cleanse and care for the patient. The caddy includes a base frame supported on wheels and a support post rigidly attached to and extending upwardly from the base frame. The post supports a first metal wire basket receptacle shaped and sized to receive a urinal vessel, a second metal wire basket receptacle shaped and sized to receive a bedpan, and a third receptacle shaped and sized to store a collection of disposable wipes. The caddy further carries a metal wire baskets for holding ointments, sprays and the like, and personal hand wipes, and a wire wastebasket to receive disposable wipes after they are used.

1 . A method for caring for a bedbound patient comprising, in combination, the steps of:
 providing a wheeled transport that supports and carries a plurality of receptacles and a wastebasket,   storing a urinal vessel in a first of said receptacles,   storing a bedpan in a second of said receptacles,   storing a collection of disposable wipes in a third of said receptacles,   moving said wheeled transport to a location near said bedbound patient,   using said wipes from the third of said receptacles to cleanse said patient, and   discarding used wipes in said wastebasket.   
     
     
         2 . A method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said wheeled transport comprises a base frame supported on wheels and a support member that extends upwardly from said frame to which receptacles are attached. 
     
     
         3 . A method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 1  wherein each of said receptacles and said wastebasket is a wire basket. 
     
     
         4 . A method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 3  wherein at least said first and second of said receptacles are each fitted with a disposable opaque liner. 
     
     
         5 . A method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 1  wherein at least said first and the second of said receptacles are each fitted with a disposable opaque liner. 
     
     
         6 . A method for caring for a bedbound patient comprising, in combination, the steps of:
 providing a portable caddy for storing items used to cleanse and care for a bed bound patient, said caddy comprising, in combination:
 a base frame supported on wheels, 
 an support post rigidly attached to and extending upwardly from said base frame, 
 a first receptacle shaped and sized to receive a urinal vessel attached to said post at a level that is accessible to said bed bound patient, 
 a second receptacle shaped and sized to receive a bedpan attached to said post or base frame, 
 a third receptacle shaped and sized to store a collection of disposable wipes attached to said post at a vertical level accessible to said bed bound patient, and 
 a wastebasket attached to said base frame or said support post for receiving said disposable wipes after they are used, 
   storing a urinal vessel in a first of said receptacles,   storing a bedpan in a second of said receptacles,   storing a collection of disposable wipes in a third of said receptacles,   moving said wheeled transport to a location near said bedbound patient,   using said wipes from the third of said receptacles to cleanse said patient, and   discarding used wipes in said wastebasket.   
     
     
         7 . The method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 6  wherein said first, second and third receptacles and said wastebasket are open mesh baskets. 
     
     
         8 . The method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 7  wherein said open mesh baskets are formed from metal wire. 
     
     
         9 . The method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 6  wherein said portable caddy for storing items used to cleanse and care for a bed bound further includes a fourth receptacle attached to said post or base frame and wherein said method comprises the further steps of storing a collection of disposable liners in said forth receptacle and thereafter inserting disposable liners in said collection into one or more of said first, second or third receptacles or said wastebasket. 
     
     
         10 . The method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 9  wherein said first, second and third receptacles and said wastebasket are open mesh baskets. 
     
     
         11 . The method for caring for a bedbound patient as set forth in  claim 10  wherein said open mesh baskets are formed from metal wire.