Caring for larger residents: preserving dignity without sacrificing safety: dealing with resident rights, mobility, and hygiene in the bariatric population.(Edward J. Healey Rahabilitation and Nursing Center)(Interview) From: Nursing Homes | Date: November 1, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Vendome Group LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA LANDY, NHA, AND DOTTY OLSEN-DEHON, OTR

In, response to an article we published in our October 2002 issue ("Accommodating the Bariatric Resident" by Gary Lipperman and Gil Preira, page 82), Barbara Landy, administrator of the Edward J. Healey Rahabilitation and Nursing Center (formerly the Palm Beach County Home), in West Palm Beach, Florida, wrote: "I was beginning to feel that we were the only nursing home in the world who cared for this population."

That piqued our interest, so Editor Linda Zinn phoned Ms. Landy to ask how many residents her ...

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