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dbR i CASE FILE
Ed. Note: To many of her clients, the public health nurse is advisor,
confidante, friend. . .a source of help and strength in sickness and in
health. To others of the general public, she is a puzzling figure, a
woman in uniform with duties and responsibilities that are little
known and less appreciated. FROM THE NURSE’S CASE FILE
takes you behind the scenes and gives you a glimpse of the public
health nurse as she lives and works in Georgia today. AU accounts
are basetf on actual case histories; only the names of the people
involved have been changed to preserve their right to privacy.
THE CASE OF THE RETARDED MAN
Fraser Sims, age 65, was referred to our county health
department by a local doctor with a diagnosis of hyper
tension (high blood pressure) and a questionable degree of
mental retardation.
When I went to see Mr. Sims, I found him living alone in
a small trailer behind his brother’s home. The trailer was
neat and clean-Fraser was not. His hair needed cutting; his
face was dirty and unshaven. His nails needed trimming; his
clothes were soiled. He seemed extremely dejected and gave
slow, “Yes, ma’am” and “No,ma’am” answers to all my
questions.
After persuasion, he got up and walked about the trailer,
leaning against the walls. I checked his blood pressure, It
was 240/100, which is high. Fraser’s wife and brother were
working, so 1 could get no information about the medi
cation he was being given.
I contacted the brother later by phone. Evans Sims
agreed to see me and to take Fraser back to Dr. Williams for
a check of liis blood pressure.
Evans had just finished bathing his brother and cleaning
the trailer when I made my next visit. He was eager to
discuss his brother and what he had been doing for him. I
learned that Fraser had been considered mentally retarded
since early childhood. He had not completed first grade but
had helped his father around the farm where he grew up.
As a young man, Fraser had done factory and farm work
and had cared for himself while living with various brothers
and sisters, Now, at age 65, he no longer made an effort to
work and had become increasingly dependent. He fed him
self, made attempts to go to the bathroom, but made no
effort to meet other personal needs. He spent his days in
the trailer, staring into space.
Evans Sims was proud of the care he gave his brother. I
praised him for his efforts and told him I would like to visit
several times weekly and work toward helping the elderly
man become more independent. Evans seemed to appre
ciate my offer, and through the weeks and months that
followed, together we achieved a measure of success.
The Starting Point
We began with Mr. Sims’ personal care. His brother cut
his hair and nails, shaved him, and kept him as neat arid
clean as possible. Dr. Williams changed his medication and
his blood pressure was lowered.
Suspecting that confinement to the trailer lessened
Fraser’s interest in his surroundings, I got Dr. Williams’
approval for a wheelchair for his patient. Two visits later,
Fraser was in the wheel chair obtained through MEDICAID.
Evans showed me how he had taught Fraser to wheel him
self about the yard. This one accomplishment seemed to
have improved the elderly man’s outlook. He now listened
to what was being said and made an occasional comment of
his own.
We then concentrated on getting Fraser to go to the
bathroom to avoid soiling himself. I suggested he be praised
each time he succeeded. We have made some progress, but
this will require continuing effort on the part of the family
and myself.
The most encouraging aspect of this case is that Fraser
now uses a walker to get about. He is beginning to help
with simple household chores-like folding small items of
clothing as they are taken off the line. He’s proud of his
achievements and tells me about walking in the yard and
folding the clothes.
Many problems still exist. It is my hope that Fraser will
overcome them in time and become once again a self
sufficient individual at least where his own personal needs
are concerned. This will be great boon to his family as well
as to the elderly man, himself.
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TO INVESTIGATE TRENDS
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Con
gress plans to investigate
movie classifications and film
industry trends because “many
Americans have raised their
voices against the moral tone of
much of the film industry,”
according to Sen. John L.
McClellan, D-Ark.
McClellan said a subcommit
tee of the Senate Judiciary
Committee wopld hold hearings
the matter sometime next
year. He said the industry has
so far given an unsatisfactory
response to questions about
whether films banned to minors
will wind up on the television
screens.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
REV. ARNOLD FORD
“Stay firm and let thine heart
take courage” Psalm 27:14
WAIT
“If but one message I may
leave behind,
One single word of courage
for my kind,
It would be like this—-Oh,
brother, sister, friend,
Whatever life may bring —
what God may send,
No matter whether clouds
lift soon or late —
Take heart and wait.
“Despair may tangle darkly
at your feet,
Your faith be dimmed, and
hope, once cool and sweet,
Be lost—but suddenly, above
a hill,
A heavenly lamp set on a
heavenly hill,
Will shine for you and point
the way to go.
How well I know!
“For I have waited through
the dark and I
Have seen a star rise in the
blackest sky,
Repeatedly—it has not failed
me yet.
And I have learned God
never will forget
To light His lamp. If we but
wait for it,
It will be lit.”
His wife, Mrs. Doris Ford
and children.