What Do I Do?: How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune With Your Nursing Home Elder

143 Pages·2013·1.433 MB·English

by  Jesse Karr, Katherine Karr

What Do I Do?
How to Care for,
Comfort, and Commune With
Your Nursing Home Elder
Revised and Illustrated Edition
By
Katherine L. Karr, MEd
Photographed by
Jesse Karr
What Do I Do?
How to Care for, Comfort,
and Commune With
Your Nursing Home Elder
(Revised and Illustrated Edition)
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What Do I Do?
How to Care for, Comfort,
and Commune With
Your Nursing Home Elder
(Revised and Illustrated Edition)
By
Katherine Karr
Photographed by
Jesse Karr
Ö Routledge
Taylor & Francis Croup
LONDON AND NEW YORK
What Do I Do? How to Care for. Comfort, and Commune With Your Nursing Home Elder
(Revised and Illustrated Edition) has also been published as Activities. Adaptation A Aging.
Volume 7, Number I, September 1985.
First published 1985 by
The Haworth Press, Inc.
Published 2013 by Routledge
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Library °f Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Karr, Katherine.
What do I do?
Published also as v. 7, no. 1 of Activities, adaptation & aging.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. Geriatric nursing. 2. Aged—Care and hygiene. 1. Title.
RC954.3.K37 1985 613 .0438 85-7649
ISBN 978-0-866-56398-7 (hbk)
DEDICATED TO MY GRANDMOTHER,
RUBY M. MILLER
Grandmother:
Your death gave to me new life and purpose.
Somehow I know you knew that would happen,
and such was pan of your having to end your
life in a nursing home, rather than in the
home you always made with your family.
You remain my teacher.
You remain my beloved.
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What Do I Do?
How to Care for, Comfort,
and Commune With
Your Nursing Home Elder
(Revised and Illustrated Edition)
Activities, Adaptation & Aging
Volume 7, Number 1
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements xi
INTRODUCTION 1
How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune at the
Physical Level 7
Checkpoint: Clothing Needs and Clothing Care 32
Checkpoint: Skin Care 34
Checkpoint: Other Physical Considerations 36
Checkpoint: Teeth and Denture Care 38
Checkpoint: Eye Care 39
Checkpoint: Ear Care 40
Checkpoint: Hair Grooming and Cosmetology Needs 41
Checkpoint: Nails—Manicuring and Pedicuring 42
Checkpoint: Bedsores 43
Checkpoint: Monitoring Medications 44
Checkpoint: Dietary Awareness 46
Checkpoint: Special Feeding Considerations 48
Checkpoint: Restorative Therapy 49
How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune at the
Emotional Level 51
Checkpoint: Understanding Feelings and Developing
Empathy Skills 68
Checkpoint: Using Touch to Communicate Care 70
Checkpoint: Overcoming Discounting Behaviors 72
Checkpoint: Patronizing Behaviors 73
Checkpoint: The Role of Music in Caring 74
Checkpoint: Special Seasonal Considerations 75
How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune at the
Mental Level 77
Checkpoint: Differentiating Between “Diversionary
Activities” and Those Which Encourage Wholistic,
Creative Growth 106
Checkpoint: Personalizing Activities 107
Checkpoint: Reality Orientation 108
Checkpoint: Remotivational Therapy 109
Checkpoint: Resident Councils 110
Checkpoint: Family & Friends Councils 112
How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune at the
Spiritual Level 115
Checkpoint: Special Times for Spiritual Life 124
Checkpoint: Visits From Church Members, Ministers,
Priests? 125
Checkpoint: Preparing for Death 125
IN CONCLUSION 129
EDITOR
PHYLLIS M. FOSTER, Activities Program Consultant, Littleton, CO
EDITORIAL BOARD
JANE D. COOK, BA, Activity Consultant, Editor: Scrapbook Pages. Arlington, VA
JOLEEN S. CURLEY, COTA, Activity Coordinator, Alzheimer Madison, Wl
ELIZABETH SQUIRE DEICHMAN, EdM, OTR, President. Potentials Development for
Health <& Aging Services. Buffalo, NY
ALICIA CLAIR GIBBONS, PhD, RMT, Director of Music Therapy, University
of Kansas, Lawrence. KS
FRED GREENBLATT, MTRS, Director, Activities Department, Jewish Home
<ft Hospital for Aged. Bronx, NY.
LAURA HARVEY, MA, Instructor, School of Rehabilitation Medicine, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C.
WILLIAM A. HINES, MD, Geriatrician, Kittredge. CO
EVALYN P. HOOVER, MA, Director. Glenrock Senior Center, Glenrock, WY
M. JEAN KELLER, EdD, MTRS, Recreation Consultant, Recreation Technical
Assistance Office, University of Georgia. Athens, GA
OSCAR KURREN, PhD, Professor. School of Social Work, University of Hawaii
at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
ELLEN LEDERMAN, MS, OTR, Occupational Therapist, Bright Horizons Center.
Pompano, FL
DONALD E. MAYPOLE, PhD, Associate Professor. Department of Social Work.
University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls. ¡A
LINNEA M. MOE, COTA, Activity Consultant, Evergreen, CO
MARIAN PALMER, RMT, Music Therapist Consultant to Geriatric Programs, Dublin,
OH
MADGE B. SCHWEINSBERG, BA, Activities Director, Activity Therapists Association,
Illinois Activity Professionals Association, Evanston, IL
EDITH M. SHERMAN, PhD, Retired Director, Institute of Gerontology, University of
Denver, Denver, CO
BARBARA SZEKAIS, MOT, OTR, TRY THIS . . . Activity Idea Exchange. "
Seattle, WA
JOAN M. THYS, RN, BSN, Geriatric Rehabilitation Clinician, Geriatric Medical Clinic.
Denver, CO
JOANNE WILLIAMS, Retired Activity Consultant, Author. Speaker. Roseville. CA