need answer
Amy Barker
hi! i'm starting clinicals in a couple of weeks at a nursing home. I was
wondering if anyone had any pointers on caring for senior citizens.
thanks,
amy , ohio university-
chillicothe
L A U R A
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Dear Amy,
Yes, I do! Do NOT talk to the elderly as if they are children..no matter
how "childlike" they seem. Even if they cannot speak, you aren't sure what
they can hear & understand, and the hearing is the LAST sense to go.
Laura
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Christina
Gregory Ramos wrote:
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> On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Amy Barker wrote:
>
> > hi! i'm starting clinicals in a couple of weeks at a nursing home. I was
> > wondering if anyone had any pointers on caring for senior citizens.
>
> living in a nursing home is the time spent talking about their lives.
> You will be amazed at how fascinating their lives have been. A good
> place to start this kind of conversation is by looking around their room
> for a photograph of family or spouse. Ask about it. It could start a
> great therapeutic relationship.
>
> -Gregg
Aloha...
Just wanted to say that I TOTALLY agree with this! Just in the last
four weeks, I've heard stories about World War I, a woman putting her
husband through medical school in the thirties, a woman being a
"flapper" in the twenties, and what it was like growing up on a sugar
plantation near the turn of the century....and all of this from
patients! You really CAN learn a lot from them...if you only are
willing to ask questions and listen!!!!!
~~aloha, christina
Gregory Ramos
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Dear Greg,
Absoultely!!! I should have written that too.
When I started clinical, all of my patients were in thier 90's and
terminal. Most couldn't talk so I talked to them. It infuriated me to see
students talk to these people like they were 2 years old.
My secons rotation I had elderly people that were A & O x3, and I LOVED
hearing about their lives!!!
Laura
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Donna M Lehman
Treat them with dignity, kindness and a smile. Many of them still have
full mental faculties, they just can't live alone anymore or need round
the clock care. Pretend they are your grandmother or grandpa and treat
them the way you'd want your loved ones t be treated. It gives one an
appreciation of how it is to be old and feeble.
Donna in FL
On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Amy Barker wrote:
> hi! i'm starting clinicals in a couple of weeks at a nursing home. I was
> wondering if anyone had any pointers on caring for senior citizens.
>
Susan Pearson
Amy,
Working with the elderly is wonderful. They have so much to share
and are so grateful for even the smallest thing you do for them.
Some are mentally with it...some are loosing it and some have lost it.
Some are combative and very hard to deal with. Some are "senile" but
still wonderful to work with.
Here are some pointers:
* Speak clear and slow facing them ..in case they are hard of hearing
* allow them enough time to answer and show interest in what they say
* allow them to do as much as they can for themselves
* If they give an answer that seems off the wall...ask the question
again and make sure they understood you...they might've just not
heard you right.
* allow them plenty of time to do what they need to do...don't rush them
* ask them about their life....you can learn so much from them
* touch them ..on the shoulder..hand..a hug..so many elders get very
little physical affection
* ask them what they would like you to call them...we are taught to
address them as Mr. + Mrs. but many to be called my there first name
or nickname.
* always give them as many options and choices as they can reasonably
make
Susan...who loves working with the elderly
Gayle E. Green
Laura,
This is so true. You can see it in their eyes....and yes, hearing is the
last to go.
They know.....you can see it in their body language!!!!
:)
Gayle G.
KateMeg2
>I was
>wondering if anyone had any pointers on caring for senior citizens.
Patience, Grasshopper. Keep in mind that the elderly (or aged, if you prefer
that term) are grown adults and should be treated with respect. Do not treat
them any differently than you would a client in his/her 30's or 40's. When
you receive your assinment, read the chart first. That can give you a wealth
of information such as communication problems and meds that could interfere
with the communication process.
I'm sure that you will have to take a health history. Keep in mind that a lot
of the things you will want to know can be gleaned during regular
conversation. Try not to overwhelm your client by bombarding him/her with
questions. Remember everything you've learned about therapeutic
conversation!!
One final word of advice--do NOT use dimunituives or terms of endearment, i.e.,
honey, sweetie, dear, whatever. This can be very offensive and should never,
ever be done. Call your client by Mr. or Mrs. until you are given permission
to use the Christian name. (This is my pet peeve about the nurses where I
work; they insist on calling clients sweetie, honey, dear. And I work in
acute care--a cardiac unit in a hospital. It drives me crazy and I would kill
someone who did that to me.)
Kate Fairleigh
Single parent, student nurse, and aspiring midwife.
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
--Jewish Proverb.
Me133...@aol.com
Listen.
abigail alaniz cases
To: Amy
I found it difficult the first clinical rotation But I would just be
yourself they are really nice people. Just be caring. Abby Cases
Abby Cases
E-mail: aac9...@kestrel.tamucc.edu
On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Amy Barker wrote:
> hi! i'm starting clinicals in a couple of weeks at a nursing home. I was
> wondering if anyone had any pointers on caring for senior citizens.
>
Amy Barker
thank you for your reply. i appreciate your help.
amy
On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Gregory Ramos wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Amy Barker wrote:
>
> > hi! i'm starting clinicals in a couple of weeks at a nursing home. I was
> > wondering if anyone had any pointers on caring for senior citizens.
>
Amy Barker
thank you for your reply! i really appreciate the help.
Amy
Amy Barker
thank you for your reply!
amy
On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Donna M Lehman wrote:
> Treat them with dignity, kindness and a smile. Many of them still have
> full mental faculties, they just can't live alone anymore or need round
> the clock care. Pretend they are your grandmother or grandpa and treat
> them the way you'd want your loved ones t be treated. It gives one an
> appreciation of how it is to be old and feeble.
>
> Donna in FL
>
> On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Amy Barker wrote:
>
> > hi! i'm starting clinicals in a couple of weeks at a nursing home. I was
> > wondering if anyone had any pointers on caring for senior citizens.
> >