Patients in hospitals need privacy and rest
Friends and family worry about you when you are in the hospital.
Out of their concern for your well-being, they decide to visit you.
Often, hospital stays are frightening to the patient as well as to their family.
Having to put on a "pretty face" or being met by visitors after just returning
from a test or procedure makes everyone feel uncomfortable.
When someone must be in the hospital for surgery, tests, or
monitoring, visitors are exactly what they do not need.
Patients who have had long-term hospital or rehabilitation stays may
"send the word" to their friends that they need company. That is an
invitation to visit. If you do not receive an invitation, please call the
spouse or child of the patient to find out if a visit is welcome.
Visitation preference goes to close family members, not to neighbors, nor to
tennis and bowling buddies.
I hope people cut this out and save it on their refrigerator door or bulletin
board, so that they can remember it before they plan to visit someone in the hospital.
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Boy did you hit the nail on the head. I had an ulcer attack and the guys I golf with showed up the night I got to the hospital. I was shocked. My wife was mad as hell. Good advice.
Posted by: Jim Accionne | October 20, 2008 10:22 AM
do not agree...its a great source of comfort to have friends and relatives show up when one is hospitalized...because it is scary and it is good to know that one is not alone...worrying about what a patient looks like is only for shallow people...
Posted by: Whatawonderfulworld | October 21, 2008 7:13 PM
Your message regarding hospital visits was right on the mark and will benefit all of us if we are unfortunate enough to be in the hospital Thank you
Posted by: Mary | October 29, 2008 9:53 PM