IndigoFlame90

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1. Non-diapering nursing home patients

   IndigoFlame90 replied to ASSEDO's topic in Geriatric

   Exactly (though possibly the facility call it "non-diapering" to help make their case?) The only time I've ever referred to them as "diapers" in this setting is with a resident who uses the term to refer to his incontinence supplies (I referred to t...

2. Old Dude or other Tx nurses...is it true?

   IndigoFlame90 replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

   I live in Washington state and while I don't believe it is/was state law, it was a fairly normal thing to be sent home with a premade "Dear Parent/Guardian, It has come to our attention that another student in your child's class was found to have hea...

3. Showers in nursing home

   IndigoFlame90 replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric

   This is true. Sometimes someone is scheduled for an AM shower (or vice-versa) and refuses because they don't want to stop what they're doing and then wants one later when there isn't time because the people actually scheduled are being showered. Some...

4. Are the elderly just happy to see a white guy?

   IndigoFlame90 replied to kfostercma's topic in Geriatric

   Aside from being a native English speaker, he presumably has a lower voice than his female colleagues. I'm a woman with a very low voice (I sing tenor and get 'sir' a lot on the phone, doesn't bother me and I don't correct them unless they ask my nam...