Definitions
Diets
Serving
Key Points
Age Related Problems
100
Wavelike movements of the digestive tract that move food though.
What is peristalsis
100
Water, coffee, tea, juice
What is a liquid diet?
100
Provide oral care before, wash resident's hands, assist resident to dinning room
What is preparing the resident for meals?
100
wipe mouth, inform on what each bite consists of, warn residents of hot substances, avoid rushing
What is feeding the resident
100
Constipation
What happens when slower peristalsis?
200
Process by which food is broken down mechanically and chemically, and changed to a form that can be absorbed by the body
What is digestion
200
Orange juice, pudding, yogurt, plain ice cream
What is full liquid diet?
200
Allow opening of drinks, provide a straw, arrange food in residents reach, remove food covers
What is assisting residents to eat?
200
Offer water at regular intervals, make sure special cup is by bedside, do not fill liquids if resident has thickened liquids
What is distributing drinking water
200
less hormone production, muscle weakness
What changes in the endocrine system
300
Indigestible fiber in fruits, vegetables, and cereal that acts as a stimulus to aid intestinal peristalsis
What is roughage/fiber
300
low in salt
What is sodium-restricted diet?
300
Check name, room number, serve trays promptly
What is considerations in preparing and serving food trays?
300
keep paper and pen at residents bedside, observe resident for signs of dehydration, read graduate at eye level
What is measuring intake and output
400
Excessive sweating
What is diaphoresis
400
Taking in more than the usual amount of fluids.
What is frequent fluids?
400
Keep resident in upright position, do not leave dirty dishes, assist resident from dining room
What is actions to take after residents finish meals
400
ingests and prepares food for body to use, excretes waste
What is functions of the digestive system
500
The process of taking in food and producing energy from it
What is nutrition
500
Use if patients have a chocking hazards
What is thickened liquids?
500
built up utensils, plate guard are examples of this
What is assistive devices
500
Secretes hormones to regulate body functions
What is functions of the endocrine system
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