Let me start off for those of you who don't know me:
I work at a LTC facility that is run by state. This facility cares for individuals with mental and physical disabilities. The population ranges from profound to slight mental-retardation. Behaviors range from PICA to SIB to over violence. (Not all of them have these behaviors of course.)
Recently I was given an in-service, or "Insight Dialogue" asking me what I would o in a particular situation. Now I'm curious as to how you would react in the situation given:
(NOTE: I'm not quoting word for word, I'm just rebuilding a similar scenario.)
It is time for an individual, that you were assigned to, to take his shower. When you approach the individual to tell him this he asks you if it would be okay to smoke a cigarette first. You don't see a problem with this so you go outside to monitor the individual while he smokes his cigarette. Before he lights it, however, you notice that he has urinated himself. You ask him to come back inside to change and wash up before he smokes his cigarette. He insists on smoking his cigarette and this request causes the individual to become agitated. You know he has a history of violence toward staff when he does not get his way. What do you do?
The correct answer may or may not surprise you. It didn't really surprise me... but then again I've been working at this place for about 3 years now... nothing... and I mean nothing phases me anymore lol.