Can Your Patients Tell You Where It Hurts
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Can your patients tell you where it hurts? Dr. Suzette Garay, PhD Pro Health Care-New Berlin March 24 th , 2011
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Can your patients tell you where it hurts?
Dr. Suzette Garay, PhDPro Health Care-New Berlin March 24th, 2011
Teaching Sign Language can help with communication between: patient, staff, and family. ◦Hurt◦Hot ◦Cold◦What’s wrong?◦Sick
Signs can help with patients who struggle with: ◦Alzheimer's ◦Hearing Loss◦Stroke◦Parkinson’s Disease◦Speech Impairments
Patients often left in the dark when communication can not occur.
◦"I use signs with the staff and it helps a lot with them understanding my likes and dislikes. After teaching the staff a few signs I was able to sign "hot" to say I was too hot, so they could take off layers of blankets or sheets.”
-Edith Simons, Deaf-Blind, 92 years old.
Sign Language can help with:-reporting how the patient is feeling.-HOT -COLD-SICK
-explain where the patient is feeling pain. -HURT
-to help the patient know what to expect during a visit to the doctor. -HELP-DOCTOR-MEDICINE
-to understand when pain will end when getting assistance.
-ALL DONE-to communicate with health-promoting activities.
-WASH-EAT-DRINK-BATHROOM
Dr. Suzette Garay, PhDPsychologist, Instructor, Presenter
217 Wisconsin AveWaukesha, WI 53186
Helping Adults Communicate One Sign at a Time!
