They may not know all the nuances of health care

Here's To the Dedicated Wivesby: Geoffrey MartynIn the course of my day at the hospital I come in to contact with a lot of people and I come into contact with a lot of loving family members.This little paragraph is about the wives...I am in awe of the real love, attention, loyalty and total dedication I see coming from these often-diminutive women... there to give it their best shot on behalf of their husband. They may not know all the nuances of health care but collectively they represent a solid base of support in rocky seas, complete with a solid portfolio of care skills, learned on the front lines of the quest to raise a good family in times when money was tight and jobs scarce. The following story is fictitious, but written to illustrate some of the issues that confront family member when a loved one is hospitalized.AGNES ... Agnes is a pleasant lady in her early eighties, her husband is also a friendly guy mid eighties, retired plumber. She is concerned because he is in the hospital and it is in general, getting to the point where he needs his wife's help to mobilize..This alone would be a challenge for all of us, but more particularly a lady of this vintage. She needs to begin to look at her options, what should she do first ? Let's see...1.Review the state of her own health? 2.Figure out where the other family members fit into the scene? 3.Ask at the hospital about how long her husband is expected to be there? Hmmm...well, let's say her husband Bill is there because he slipped and fell, it's his first day in the hospital and he came in through the Emergency Room last night.

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