Donna, I applaud you for coming out on the floor to help your staff. But I think you may be in the minority for DON's. Our staff often doesn't see the DON unless she goes out to smoke. As far as 1:1 contact, we all would like to be able to interact more with our residents but due to mounting regulations and citations burdening us with extra forms and paperwork just to cover our backsides, 1:1 contact seems to get pushed farther and farther into the background. To answer the original question, I pass meal trays on most days but rarely feed residents. Often times I don't even have time to feed myself. --- Donna Mateyka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a DON and when I can, I feed residents. Since > when is it not in the "profession" to have a 1:1 > contact with a resident? I agree with the person who > said it is a good way to assess the resident. It > also lets the staff know "we work together". By the > way, our administrator brings little treats for > residents (candy if it is allowed) and he personally > hands it to the resident. He has "contact" with the > people we call residents and he attends care plan > meetings. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:00 PM > Subject: Re: MDS Co. feeding residents! > > > In a message dated 12/2/2003 5:20:29 PM Pacific > Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > All MDS Coordinators are to feed residents at > mealtimes. > Wrong answer. When are we ALL going to demand > respect for our profession? > When the Administrator and DON start feeding > residents, I'll feed.
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