Who is here to love them?

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Specializes in LTC.

Friday night I went by one of our skilled residents who was going home the next day. He stopped me as I was passing by. He was sitting visiting with his wife, chomping at the bit about going home right then instead of waiting. We chatted for a moment and he looked up at me and said "Who is here to love them? I can see that they (LTC residents) are well cared for but who loves them"

Wow, I was speechless.....and I can say that it is an honor to care for them all, the ones with families that come all the time and for the ones who rarely get a visit.

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.

That says a lot about him- that he even cared enough to notice what other's were going through when he was having issues himself-what a great man.

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Specializes in ICU, CM, Geriatrics, Management.

Seeing more of this attitude and understanding.

In fact, witnessed it yesterday.

Even commenting on how tough we as nurses and assistive staff are "forced" to work. Nice to hear!

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