Tuotromedico: GERIATRICS. Hygiene in the elder. To keep the elder clean

To realize it correctly it is necessary to have the necessary time.
It is suitable to inform the patient of the acts to carry out and to support the verbal communication during the hygiene.
The temperature of the room must be agreeable and the sifted light.
To have all the elements to use prepared in advance.
To respect his intimacy, not to leave the completely open patient and to avoid the persons' presence that they do not collaborate in the hygiene.
In the beginning to help to realize the tasks of bath, cleaning and progressively to involve it in them, developing this way his independence.
To value the real difficulties that prevent him the autocare.
To help him to incorporate habits of cleaning if those that they have are defective:
- Handkerchiefs use.
- Handling of excretos and sputa.
- Use of the bedpan and rabbit.
- Frequent hand wash.
- Minimal team of hygiene.
- To promote the aspect adorned like better character accepted by the others.
- To reinforce positively the conducts of autocare and cleanliness.

To value the physical and psychic state of the elder:

class = "linkage"> qualified Elder: it is autonomous, it goes only to the bathroom.

Disabled elder (I): he needs help to go to the bathroom and to tidy itself up.

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Update: June, 2009