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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry I wasn’t very clear in my initial posting.

My Mom is eighty - when she had a daily caregiver while living in her home, her caregiver would give her a daily bath.
She has arthritis and is visually impaired health wise.

Now is in a nursing home where she only receives one bath per week and I was just wondering if this was typical bathing frequency in a good nursing home since it seems a little infrequent to me, though I acknowledge that it is a lot of physical labor to bathe another adult.

I have also heard stories that many nursing home patients do not like taking a bath and may protest adamantly but the nurses at my mother’s home insist she does not protest bathing.[/quote]

Yes bathing another adult IS very intensive labor since it includes a ton of heavy lifting and maneuvering to do so.
That is why nursing homes (even the best ones!) only bathe their residents on a weekly basis.
Plus there are also liability issues at stake too.

Visiting family members usually are allowed to bathe their loved ones during visits if they so elect. 
Also most patients get a daily sponge bath either - 1-2x/a day……..[/quote]

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