Main description:

Help families of institutionalized elders with this compassionate and practical manual.

Contents:

Contents
Introduction

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