Title: Maintain hydration of a client.
Course: Home Health Aide (14053) > Section: Understanding Nutrition and Meal Preparation

Maintenance should include

- providing care for a dehydrated client
- providing care for a client with fluid overload
- documenting intake and output, according to the client care plan.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the dangers of dehydration? Of fluid overload?
- What precautionary measures can a home health aide take to prevent client dehydration?
- What are some signs and symptoms of dehydration that need to be reported?
- When would you notify a supervisor of suspected client dehydration?
- What actions can a home health aide do to prevent dehydration?
- What are some signs and symptoms of too much fluid that need to be reported?
- What precautionary measures can a home health aide take to prevent client fluid overload?
- When would you notify a supervisor of suspected fluid overload?
- Why may a home health aide not force a client to take fluids?