Help families of institutionalized elders with this compassionate and practical manual.ContentsIntroduction
- How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune at the Physical Level
- Checkpoint: Clothing Needs and Clothing Care
- Checkpoint: Skin Care
- Checkpoint: Other Physical Considerations
- Checkpoint: Teeth and Denture Care
- Checkpoint: Eye Care
- Checkpoint: Ear Care
- Checkpoint: Hair Grooming and Cosmetology Needs
- Checkpoint: Nails-Manicuring and Pedicuring
- Checkpoint: Bedsores
- Checkpoint: Monitoring Medications
- Checkpoint: Dietary Awareness
- Checkpoint: Special Feeding Considerations
- Checkpoint: Restorative Therapy
- How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune at the Emotional Level
- Checkpoint: Understanding Feelings and Developing Empathy Skills
- Checkpoint: Using Touch to Communicate Care
- Checkpoint: Overcoming Discounting Behaviors
- Checkpoint: Patronizing Behaviors
- Checkpoint: The Role of Music in Caring
- Checkpoint: Special Seasonal Considerations
- How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune at the Mental Level
- Checkpoint: Differentiating Between “Diversionary
- Activities” and Those Which Encourage Wholistic
- Creative Growth
- Checkpoint: Personalizing Activities
- Checkpoint: Reality Orientation
- Checkpoint: Remotivational Therapy
- Checkpoint: Resident Councils
- Checkpoint: Family & Friends Councils
- How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune at the Spiritual Level
- Checkpoint: Special Times for Spiritual Life
- Checkpoint: Visits From Church Members, Ministers.
- Priests?
- Checkpoint: Preparing for Death
- IN CONCLUSION
- Reference Notes Included
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