Artigo Revisado por pares

TALES FROM INDIVIDUALIZED CARE

1996; Slack Incorporated (United States); Volume: 22; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3928/0098-9134-19960301-12

ISSN

1938-243X

Autores

Wendy Lustbader,

Tópico(s)

Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Resumo

Consistent staff assignment allows aides and residents to work out idiosyncratic ways of getting things done, rather than having battles over control, timing, and preferences. Giving nursing home residents control over small aspects of daily life is more important than staff efficiency in getting tasks accomplished. Creative approaches to solving problems arise most fruitfully from knowing the nursing home resident as a person, and this requires an investment of time as well as sensitivity that rewards both the giver and receiver of care.

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