It might make a difference to hospital staff if they know a bit about the people they’re taking care of.
My mother is still in the hospital for treatment following a stroke that happened over a week ago. My wife wrote a one-page bio, an introduction to Mom, and my sister added a nice border with hearts and flowing lines that make it look kind of like a frame, and they taped it to the wall next to the O2 outlet.
People are reading it, and while it wouldn’t surprise me if some staff really don’t want to get to know their patients even on a superficial level, I’m wondering if it hasn’t made a positive difference in Mom’s care. In little ways, perhaps, but at least she has become more than a difficult patient who can’t always cooperate or converse, except in nonsensical phrases, because she had a stroke last week.
I’m pretty sure this effort to humanize Mom has made a difference in the way her caregivers are seeing her.
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