When a parent moves into a CHSLD, RPA or any other care residence
EVERYTHING MUST BE LABELLED
192 clothing labels
White cotton 0.5" or 0.75" x 2.5" - Your choice: 2 packs iron-on or sew-on, or 1 iron-on pack and 1 sew-on pack.
96 Personal Items labels
Self-adhesive vinyl with super adhesive 0.5" or 0.75" x 2.5" - white or clear, black or white print.
12 anti-theft labels
White vinyl 0.75" x 2.0" - Red print (Black optional), impossible to remove.
To label clothing, you will need a lot of labels. Care centres ask families to provide enough clothing for a two-week rotation. Socks alone add up to about 30 labels. Add summer, fall, winter and spring clothing, and you will need a great many labels in total. You also need to label all of the person’s personal items: hairbrush, cane, walker, remote control, denture or glasses case, etc. Residents with Alzheimer’s disease wander during the day, go into rooms and pick things up. Every morning, care staff find many items, which are returned if they are labelled; otherwise they are lost.