Caregiving SKills 2

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１．Choose the most appropriate safety measures to prevent falls indoors.

• The lighting provided when one wake up at night makes the light source directly visible.
• The cords are laid on the flow line.
• Entrance mats and bath mats use non-slip objects.
• Footwear should be slippers.

２．Choose the correct position or the body part to determine the grip height of the loft strand crutch.

• Axilla
• Greater trochanter
• Elbow joint
• Femur

３． Choose one of the most likely sites of bedsore.

• Heel
• Greater trochanter
• Around the shoulder blade
• Sacrum

４． Choose the appropriate statement regarding the user's self-decision.

• Caregivers should not do anything regarding user's self-decision.
• The user cannot make their own decisions.
• In the case of users with impaired ability to make decisions, prioritize the family's intention.
• Prioritizing self-decision will encourage users to utilize their ability to make decision for themselves.

５．Choose the most appropriate way to avoid accidents involving caregivers.

• When assisting users in walking, make sure to call out/inform the user every now and then.
• Always use a wheelchair and fasten them with a belt in moving the user.
• Offer users a hot tea.
• Leave the bathroom while the user is still in the bathtub.

６．Choose the most appropriate of the following statements about avoiding an accident

• If you prepare carefully, accident will not occur.
• Dealing with each accidents accordingly.
• To evaluate and analyze prior accidents to prevent accidents in the future.
• If you get used to the job, no accident will occur.

７．Choose the most appropriate statement for infection control.

• Liquid soap is more preferable rather than solid soap.
• If the caregiver is experiencing diarrhea and vomiting, attend to the workplace with a mask on.
• In cleaning the floor using a mop, wipe off the dirt with a dry mop.
• If you wear gloves, handwashing may not be done after touching the excrement or vomit.

８．Choose the appropriate statement in relation to aging.

• The skin surface becomes moist.
• Enhanced taste sensitivity.
• Immune function is reduced.
• The side effects of drugs are unlikely to occur.

９．Choose the most appropriate statement about moving and transferring assistance.

• The sliding board is used for standing up assistance.
• Caregiver should assist by avoiding to twist their own bodies.
• Reduce the support base area of the caregiver.
• The T-shaped cane is more stable than the multi-point cane.