How do you keep up with cleaning while caregiving?
Caring for multiple ill adults leaves zero spare time, yet constant household chores like dishes and kitchen cleaning pile up endlessly. Because caregivers face high physical demands and inaccessible spaces like high microwaves, routine cleaning becomes an exhausting, never-ending burden.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using a structured master list of tasks
- 2Sticking to a strict cleaning schedule with built-in priorities
- 3Doing routine chores like cleaning up after every meal and twice-daily bathroom cleanings
- 4Fill a microwave safe container with water and microwave until boiling to loosen stuck-on food.
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I feel like no matter how much I clean the kitchen it gets messy again so quickly.”source ↗
“I am caregiver to two very ill adults, so the work is never ending.”source ↗
“Handwashing dishes i don’t have a dishwasher haha! I love baking and cooking so it seems like i work in a restaurant with the amount of dishes when’s just a home kitchen.”source ↗
“I hate hate hate cleaning the microwave because it’s a little above where I can reach comfortably and I have to scrub so much to get the specks off.”source ↗
“I hate emptying the dishwasher. Hate putting everything away and finagling pots and pans back in their spots.”source ↗
Where this came up
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- 3Pro tips for using a steam cleaner effectively
- 13How to keep track of routine maintenance tasks around the house
- 3How to keep floors clean with multiple dogs without spending hours