DAILY LIFE SUPPORT TECHNIQUE

1. What is grooming?
- The quality of getting dressed in order to maintain health and create a rhythm of life.
2. What are the effects of grooming?
- Grooming means to fix the appearance. After getting up in the morning, grooming as a
daily activity leads to mental health.
3. What is the purpose of cutting nails?
- It may not cause deformation such as ingrown and nail thickening, it can also damage
the toes, gait, skin and clothes. It is also important for the safety of life.
4. What are the appropriate ways for heat shock prevention?
- To prevent heat shock, warm up in a dressing room or bathroom with a shower. Set
the hot water temperature to 40 ℃. The temperature may be different from below and
above the bathtub. Make sure to check the temperature with hot water.
5. What causes heat shock/heat stroke
- If the user wear thick clothes in summer.
6. What do you do first before bathing assistance?
 Check the user’s physical condition and skin condition.
 To prevent anemia and deterioration of digestive function, avoid on an empty
stomach or immediately after a meal.
 In the dressing room, bathroom, and living room, the temperature difference is
reduced to about 22 ° C. When there is a temperature difference, the blood
pressure rises or falls due contraction and expansion of the blood vessels,
causing heat, there is a possibility of causing a myocardial infarction due to heat
shock phenomenon.
7. What do you have to do after the bathing assistance?
 After taking a bath, the body temperature is lost due to the heat of vaporization,
so immediately wipe off the moisture.
 Check the condition of the user's body, and replenish the water after removing
and attaching.
 Because your physical strength is exhausted、take a rest to recover.
8. What is appropriate about sponge bathing/bed bathing assistance?
- For users who are unable to wash their face, do sponge bath but have it wiped with
their own hand as much as possible. Caregiver do the sponge bath if assistance is
necessary.
9. What is QOL?
- Is one of the indicators for “quality of human nature” and “quality of living”. QOL is a
value that is “BETTER” than “MORE” and points to ”A life where everyday is fulfilled and
the mind and body are satisfied” instead of “MATERIALLY RICH LIFE”.
10. What are the changes in the body of the elderly
 Sense of taste
 Secretion of saliva
 Intestinal peristalsis
11. What is the appropriate care when walking using cane for a person with right
hemiplegia?
Step over - The care giver Stand behind the affected side of the user
- CANE- AFFECTED SIDE -NOT AFFECTED.
Climbing - Put the caregiver one step behind the affected side of the user.
- CANE -NOT AFFECTED -AFFECTED SIDE.
Going down - The care giver in standing in front of the user on the affected side
- CANE – AFFECTED SIDE – NOT AFFECTED
12. With right hemiplegia, what is the correct way to wear clothes?
- Reduce the burden on the affected side by taking it from the healthy side when taking
off, and from the affected side when wearing.
13. What is the appropriate assistance when climbing the stairs of a user with left
hemiplegia?
1. Explain the details of assistance to the user and obtain consent.
2. A caregiver stands right beside the user.
3. User puts the cane on the healthy side in the upper row.
4. Go up the stairs from the foot on the healthy side.
5. Align the affected leg.
6. Check the user’s physical condition and health.
14. What is the appropriate assistance during dietary assistance for users with
left hemiplegia?
- Use a cushion to fix the posture. caregiver sits on the left side of the user and put
enough food on the right side of the mouth.
15. What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect more than just
your joints. the condition can damage a wide variety of body systems, including the skin,
eyes, lungs, heart and blood vessels.
16. What is osteoarthritis?
- Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, It occurs when the protective
cartilage that cushions the ends of your bones wears down over time.
Although osteoarthritis can damage any joint, the disorder most commonly affects joints
in your hands, knees, hips and spine.
17. What is the best care about dementia?
- approach them like “Would you like to take off your clothes because you’re sweating”
to encourage the user to change clothes in a natural way.
18. What is the most appropriate thing for record keeping?
・ Use a black ballpen instead of pencils
・ If you make a mistake in recording, draw a double line instead of the correction fluid
and put correction seal
・ Record the conclusion or judgement made by the caregiver ・ We express concretely
rather than using "various" and "long period of time"
・When physical restraint is unavoidable, it is necessary to record "user’s state
(situation / current status) and its time", "user's mental and physical condition", and
"unavoidable reason for urgent need".
19. Which of the descriptions of care services in Japan is appropriate?
 Recording
20. Q: Which is the appropriate bathing assistance?
3 Wipe the limbs from the center going to the periphery