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Acknowledgements. Introduction: reason for the book. 1 Preliminaryconsiderations and symbols. 2 Care for the older person requiringassistance with personal cleansing. Procedure One: Making or changing theolder person's bed with the person still in bed. Procedure Two: Assistingthe older person requiring a wash in bed or chair, including care of handsand feet. Procedure Three: Assisting the older person to wash in the bathor shower, including care of hands and feet. Procedure Four: Assisting thebed-bound older person to wash his or her hair. Procedure Five: Assistingthe older person with cleansing of the mouth, including care of dentures.Procedure Six: Assisting the older person requiring eye care. 3 Care forthe older person requiring assistance with movement (Vicky MacArthur RGN, BSc(hons), MSc, PGDip HPE). Procedure Seven: Assisting the older person tomove up the bed. Procedure Eight: Assisting the older person to move froma lying to a sitting position. Procedure Nine: Assisting the older personwith a lateral transfer while they are in a lying position. Procedure Ten:Assisting the older person to sit back in the chair. Procedure Eleven:Assisting the older person from a sitting to a standing position.Procedure Twelve: Assisting the older person to walk. 4 Care for the olderperson requiring assistance to maintain nutrition and fluid intake.Procedure Thirteen: Assisting the older person to eat and drink. ProcedureFourteen: Nasogastric tube insertion and position checking. ProcedureFifteen: Assisting the older person with nutrition and fluid intake via anasogastric tube. Procedure Sixteen: Care of percutaneous endoscopicallyguided gastrostomy (PEG) tube site until stoma well established (1-14 days).Procedure Seventeen: Care of percutaneous endoscopically guided gastrostomy(PEG) tube site when stoma well established. Procedure Eighteen: Assistingthe older person with nutrition and fluid intake via a percutaneousendoscopically guided gastrostomy (PEG) tube. 5 Care for the older personrequiring assistance with toilet needs. Procedure Nineteen: Assisting theolder person to use toilet, commode or bedpan. Procedure Twenty: Assistingthe older person requiring bowel care: administration of suppositories.Procedure Twenty-one: Assisting the older person requiring bowel care:administration of an evacuant enema. Procedure Twenty-two: Obtaining aspecimen of faeces for observation, assessment and analysis. ProcedureTwenty-three: Obtaining a specimen of urine for observation, assessment andanalysis. Procedure Twenty-four: Assisting the older person with cathetercare. Procedure Twenty-five: Assisting the older person to empty acatheter bag. Procedure Twenty-six: Obtaining a catheter specimen of urinefor observation, assessment and analysis. 6 Care for the older personrequiring observation and monitoring. Procedure Twenty-seven: Measuringand recording temperature. Procedure Twenty-eight: Measuring and recordingtemperature using a tympanic thermometer. Procedure Twenty-nine: Measuringand recording blood pressure. Procedure Thirty: Measuring and recordingpulse. Procedure Thirty-one: Measuring and recording respiratory rate.7 Care for the older person at the end of his or her life. ProcedureThirty-two: Caring for the body of the older person following death.References and further reading. Index.