HSC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dementia
28 Oct 2018
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Resident found wandering in other peoples rooms and taking items and keeping them in the drawer. Resident removes clothes when in dining room. Your sister mary and her husband are here to see you. Resident can"t remember names of sister and her husband and who they are. Break procedure into small steps and do one at a time. Assisting pt with dementia with personal care. Person is dying and is at peace with life. Some terminally ill people receive care at home. The best way to cope with end of life care. Talk about feelings with someone you trust. Acknowledge persons feelings, give them chance to talk. Cna taking tympanic temp of 4 years old child. Cna/hha understands the center of the care team is. Other health providers delayed in relieving home health setting. Cna makes decisions guided by what is right, good, moral.
