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Show the family, and to protect the patient pa-tient from picking up the germs of other illnesses when he's less 'able "to resist them. Naturally, 'complete isolation is -difficult in Imost homes. But it can be arranged. ar-ranged. If a separate room is im- possible, use a screen around the ibed. Wear a wrap-around house-i house-i dress backwards for a protective 'gown when you enter the sickroom i and hang it next to the door as you leave. Unless there s a separate sep-arate bathroom, use a bedpan or a commode in the sickroom. Co-jver Co-jver the pan as you carry it. and scrub your hands thoroughly af-Iterwards. af-Iterwards. Keep the patient's pajamas, paj-amas, linen, and especially ob-jjects ob-jjects that come in contact with 'his face and mouth (washcloth, tissues, toothbrush, comb, brush, soap), separate from the rest of the family's. Collect used tissues in paper bags and burn them. Thoroughly wash your hands and face before and after each trip into the sickroom. 3. How to handle the patient's food and dishes. Serving from a tray or portable table on wheels saves time and energy. Keep a separate set of dishes, which are thoroughly washed and preferably boiled in water after each meal-especially meal-especially important if the disease is communicable. Wash your hands thoroughly, with soap and warm water anoV a scrub brush. before and after handling the patient's pa-tient's food, dishes, and other belongings. be-longings. This helps prevent spread of disease to others in the family. Make mealtimes pleasant occasions by tidying up the sickroom sick-room and patient first, serving attractive meals, keeoinz the rxr- Home Care For the Sick Suppose someone in your family fam-ily comes down with a bad cold, grippe or the flu, measles or chicken pox or whatever? Would you know the best ways to take care of him at home? Now before be-fore actual illness comes is the time to learn the fundamentals of nursing a sick person at home, according to the Medical Department Depart-ment of the Equitable Life Assurance As-surance Society. How well you care for your patient, Dr. Norvin C. Kiefer, Chief Medical Director of the tions small and allowing him plenty of time to eat. 4. How to make your patient more comfortable. Change the bed linen frequently, give a daily bed-bath bed-bath and alcohol rub. For a bed-bath, bed-bath, wash and dry one section of the body at the time, from the head down, while the rest of your patient is covered by a sheet or a blanket. Don't jerk or pull the sick person suddenly use slow, and gentle motions. Give him a hand in getting out of bed, as a fever and even lying down can cause dizziness and falls when he first gets up. Try to follow a regular reg-ular routine in caring for the sick person. Keep a record of medicines medi-cines given kind, amount and time, and any reaction to it. j Check with your library, local health department, Visiting .Nurse Association, and Family Service Association for further information informa-tion about home care, supplies needed, and actual assistance du-jring du-jring an illness. i Equitable, said today, has much to do with how fast he gets well, whether complications develop or even whether other family members get sick, too. You should know, for example: 1. How to take the temperature. f this is new to you, check books 3n home nursing for diagrams and instructions, or ask someone :o show you how. Take small children's chil-dren's temperature rectally, remembering re-membering that rectal -temperature ordinarily is one degree higher high-er than oral. Usually oral temperature tem-perature over 98.6 F. deg. is considered con-sidered a fever, but small increases in-creases over this point may not be significant. Temperature follows fol-lows a pattern of rise and fall: generall a fever will be higher in the evening than in the morning. Write down the temperature each time it is taken to give your doctor doc-tor a clear idea of changes in condition. 2. How to isolate the person with a communicable (catching disease. The two reasons for doing do-ing this are to protect others in |