Tuotromedico: GERIATRICS. To dress the put down elder

Frequent questions

He asks the doctor

Beginning

DRESSED IN THE PUT DOWN ELDER

TO CONSULT

To dress the put down elder:

To support the hygiene of the elder.
To collaborate in his welfare state.

PERSONNEL

2 assistants depending on the autonomy of the patient.

REMARKS

To value the autonomy of the elder.

To provide the necessary help depending on it. The procedures of extracting and placing the clothes will depend on the functional possibilities of the patient.

To respect the intimacy of the elder, if it is necessary to place a screen.

To verify environmental temperature.

MATERIAL

Necessary clothes.

Plastic bag for the dirty clothes.

PREPARATION

Preparation of the Personnel:

Hand wash.

Gloves.

Preparation of the Elder:

To explain to him the attention that is going to pay him.

COLLABORATING ELDER

While the patient raises the arms, to introduce the pledge up to the shoulders.

If the pledge is closed, to introduce it for the head and to slide it the back avoiding the creases. If it is opened, to introduce a sleeve up to the shoulder, to spend the jacket for the back and to end with another arm.
The socks chatter up to the top and they are unrolled the same way as put themselves.

The shoes will be placed when the resident is seated in the rim of the bed or in the chair. If the shoe is of drawstrings or buckles will come loose previously well being careful not to press them very much on having done up them.

ELDER WHO DOES NOT COLLABORATE

If the pledge is closed, to introduce it up to the shoulders raising the arms to him, her to come to the mind and turning sideways the patient if it is necessary, to stretch well the clothes avoiding creases.

If the pledge is opened, to introduce an arm for the sleeve up to the shoulder and to spend the jacket behind the back. Flexionar another arm and to introduce another sleeve.

When the patient has whey or some affected member always to begin because of it.
If it has whey, to introduce the whey for the sleeve of the jacket or nightgown and next to slide the arm the sleeve.

To stretch well the clothes to avoid creases.

To place the E.E.I.I clothes. (pants, skirt etc.):

If it can collaborate to request him that it raises the buttocks, and to introduce the clothes without leaving creases in the possible thing.
If he does not collaborate, to introduce the pants or skirt up to the knees, and turning the patient the pledge will be raised, stretching it well.

To leave the patient in the suitable position.

PUTTING IN ORDER

To gather the whole used material.

The dirty clothes to introduce it in plastic bag for his later wash.

To leave in the closet the clothes that it turns to use.

On having left the room, having made sure that everything should stay to his scope.

To wash his/her/its hands.

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