Dressing a bedridden resident with a weak side

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1. Spread hand sanitizer over every surface of both hands, then rub your hands together until dry.
2. Tell the resident what you will do.
3. Close the privacy curtain.
4. Raise the bed to a height between your mid-thigh and waist.
5. Keep the resident covered with a sheet, top cover or bath blanket while taking off the gown.
6. Remove the gown from the unaffected side first.
7. Put the used gown in the designated container.
8. To put on a shirt or blouse, reach through its sleeve and take the resident’s hand.
9. Put the shirt or blouse on the affected side first.
10. For pants, help the resident lift the hips or roll side to side as you pull the pants over the buttocks to the waist.
11. Put pants on the affected side first.
12. Put on the resident’s nonskid footwear.
13. Leave the resident comfortably and properly dressed, with correct body alignment.
14. Lower the bed.
15. Open the privacy curtain.
16. Keep interactions respectful and courteous throughout the task.
17. Leave the call light or signaling device within the resident’s easy reach.
18. Spread hand sanitizer over every surface of both hands, then rub your hands together until dry.