Nutrition, comfort and end of lifeQuestion 418 of 1700
How can you use pillows to help keep a resident comfortable?
- Put them under the knees at all times
- Put them between bony areas and joints, or to stop rolling
- Stack them under the head to keep the airway open
- Use them only when the resident sits up in a chair
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Correct answer: Put them between bony areas and joints, or to stop rolling
Pillows ease pressure on joints and bony prominences and hold the position.
Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026