Foods and home making

The hot foods are covered to keep them warm. Cream of spinach soup is covered with a plate ; buttered toast, with a napkin. The casserole con- tains souffle ; the pot, cocoa ; the uncovered sherbet glass, sliced orange. Keep dishes used by a patient having serious illness separate from the dishes used by others in the home. Sterilize the dishes from the sick room. To do this put them in a pan, cover with cold water. Heat the water until it boils. Let the water boil for at least ten minutes. SUMMARY Help to make a patient comfortable by: 1. Shading the light 2. Keeping the temperature of the room proper Caring for the Sick in the Home 487 3. Ventilating the room 4. Keeping the room neat Points to observe in giving medicine are : 1. Give medicine at the proper time. 2. Be sure you are giving the right medicine. 3. Pour it from the bottle carefully. 4. Measure it accurately. Food for the sick includes: 1. Liquid diet — milk, uncooked eggs, cream soups, cereal gruels, beef broth, beef tea, beef juice, fruit juices 2. Soft diet — softened toast, soft-cooked eggs, thick cereal gruels or strained cereals, easily digested desserts 3. Light diet — foods of liquid and soft diet, easily digested meats, cooked vegetables, cooked fruits Foods for the sick should be: 1. Carefully selected 2. Properly cooked 3. Attractively served Dishes and linens used in serving a patient having a contagious disease should be sterilized. REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES Some of the following statements are true and some are false. Read each statement very carefully and decide whether it is true or false. On a piece of paper or in your notebook, list the numbers corresponding to the statements. After each number write the word True or the word False. 1. Flowers should always be taken from a sick room at night. 2. Give medicine promptly; measure it accurately. 3. Always keep medicine bottles in sight so the patient will be re- minded that he must take medicine. 4. Pour medicine from the side of the bottle containing the label. 5. Apple pie is a suitable food for a sick person because it contains fruit. 6. In making rennet custard, heat the milk until it is as hot as it will get when heated over hot water. 7. Custards are especially good sick-room desserts. 8. Foods that are wholesome for well persons are usually suitable for the sick. 4B8 Health and Child Care 9. Milk is an excellent sick-room food. 10. Cream soups are included in a liquid diet. 11. Mashed potatoes are suitable foods for patients requiring liquid diet. 12. Cereal gruels should be about as thick as cream soups. 13. Dishes used for a person having a contagious disease are safe tc use if washed in warm water. 14. A person usually requires more food when sick than when well. HOME WORK 1. Write a day’s menu for a patient requiring a liquid diet. 2. Write a day’s menu for a patient requiring a soft diet. 3. Write a day’s menu for a patient requiring a light diet. 4. If there is a sick person in your home, report a. What you did to make him more comfortable b. What you did to give him pleasure c. What you did to keep him clean d. What food you prepared for him. CHAPTER XXXV KEEPING THE BABY AND HIS LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WELL AND HAPPY Can you answer these questions ? If not, look for the answers as you study this chapter.