Fed Me Reflection

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For this assignment I chose to have my husband as my partner to feed him and have him fed me. I chose him because I thought he would be the most appropriate at feeding me correctly. As I started the experiment I was a bit nervous of how will he was going to do in feeding me correctly. He’s a goof ball so I knew he was going to end up covering my face with food. As he continued to feed me I was more confident in him he took his time between spoonful of food and let me chew and swallow. One thing we did was we used body language to communicate. I would point my finger when I wanted him to wait till I finishes chewing and getting ready for the next serving, when I wanted to drink I would sign him a drinking sign so he could pass me the drink. At some points …show more content…

The pattern of the food was horrible, I did not like it. He started at one side of the plate and went to the other side and just all over the place. If could have communicated to him I would have told me I didn’t want him to fed me anymore if I need help being fed. That he should have slowed down a bit and get himself together before trying to fed me. When it was my turn to feed my husband I was more confident in myself to do a great job. I believe I did a good job, he didn’t complain of the pace, the amount or the order of the food after the assignment was done. He did tell me that he was a bit nervous of how I was going to do because he had done badly. Over all I believe it’s extremely difficult to fed someone who cannot communicate properly and people who do it for a living are surely incredible. A suggestion I have for a caregiver is to try to find a way to communicate with the other person. Based on their ability to move and speak. If they can’t move then making noises can help you determine what they need. If they can speak but can move then using hand signals is the better

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