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amandaraemay

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Hello, I work at an assisted living home (a home for the elderly). My friend who is Deaf will be volunteering with us soon. I am struggling with how to sign "RESIDENT." What is the sign for resident? So I don't have to keep signing "OLD PERSON" when talking about the group of people who live with us, since 'resident' is the most common title that we refer to them as.

I would hate to make-up a sign for resident. I've looked up online for signs, but all I can find is RESIDENCE (similar to the LIVING sign). I thought a clever way to sign RESIDENT would be to sign LIVING with with R's instead of L's. I'd prefer to use the correct sign, of course.

Thanks! :ty:
 
I would, but they aren't receiving medical attention, like a patient in a hospital would be. Plus, I'd like to be able to sign things such as "I am a resident of blah blah town," or "I am a resident at blah blah apartment complex," etc.
 
amandaraemay said:
I would, but they aren't receiving medical attention, like a patient in a hospital would be. Plus, I'd like to be able to sign things such as "I am a resident of blah blah town," or "I am a resident at blah blah apartment complex," etc.
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For those situations you would just use LIVE. You live in the town/apartment complex.
 
amandaraemay said:
I would, but they aren't receiving medical attention, like a patient in a hospital would be. Plus, I'd like to be able to sign things such as "I am a resident of blah blah town," or "I am a resident at blah blah apartment complex," etc.
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Oh. If you want to use it that way, go look at aslpro.com. The sign is in the main dictionary there.
 
Reba said:
For those situations you would just use LIVE. You live in the town/apartment complex.
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:wave: For some reason this post didn't show up when I gave my sterling advice! :P

But if she follows mine, she will see what you mean.
 
Bottesini< @ Linda You so smart... I never think of the right answer when i need it the most .I hope you have gotten your home taken care of. Thanks for being there for all of us..
 
birdlady said:
Bottesini< @ Linda You so smart... I never think of the right answer when i need it the most .I hope you have gotten your home taken care of. Thanks for being there for all of us..
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Yes thank you. :) The tree is down and cut into sections for hopefully constructing a memorial fence .

And as of this week, the rain gutter is reattached, although I think it may need replaced in the spring.
 
My uncle lives in a care residence - we always use CLIENT to refer to anyone who lives there.
 
I was in nursing and when we refer to residents we use resident or client interchangeably so I'd suggest the sign for client should be good enough
 
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