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| Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) |
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| hygiene, grooming, dressing, eating, transferring and eliminating |
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| care or genital and anus area |
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| a bed made with resident in it |
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| areas of the body that bear much of the body weight |
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| substance added to another substance that changes its effect. |
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| a bed made without the resident in it |
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| areas of the body where bones lie close to the skin |
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| area from the pubis to the upper thighs |
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| special kind of string used to clean between teeth |
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| bed completely made with the bedspread and blankets in place. |
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| injuries or wounds that result from skin deterioration and sheering |
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| sharp blade that comes with special safety casing to help prevent cuts |
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| a converted closed bed when linen is folded down to the foot of the bed |
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| weakness of muscles in the foot and ankles that causes difficulty in ability to flex the ankles and walk normally |
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| razor meant to be discarded after one use |
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| made to accept residents who returning on stretchers or gurneys. |
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| device that helps support or align a limb and improve its functioning |
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| safest and easiest type of razor. Don't use by any water source or when oxygen is in use. |
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| inhalation of food, fluid or foreign material into the lungs |
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| practices that keep body clean and healthy |
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| caring for fingernails, hair, shaving and make-up |
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| bath given on days when a complete bath, tub or shower is not done |
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| excessive shedding of dead skin cells from scalp. |
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