Death and childhood grief guidance for parents and children
This piece urges frank, age appropriate conversations about death with children. It stresses grief as a natural healing process, the harm of evasive phrases, and the need for truthful questions, reassurance, and ongoing support to help children cope with loss.
Nursing home visit etiquette for student observers
The Center on Aging at KU Medical Center trains health students for nursing home visits. Ground rules include knocking before entry, introducing yourself, asking how residents want to be addressed, speaking eye to eye, bending to eye level, inviting seating, using respectful language, avoiding patronizing tone, and asking residents about understanding, privacy, and whether to discuss sensitive topics like death.
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Privacy and dignity in nursing homes stressed for residents
The guide urges quiet private spaces for conversations about medical issues and exams, warns against discussing health with roommates, notes most residents share rooms, and advises not to silence TVs or radios without permission. Continued on page nine.
Safe Sitter class returns to RMH
Ransom Memorial Hospital offers a two day Safe Sitter course for 11 to 13 year olds from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on December 27 and 28. Instructors cover safety, first aid, emergency response, feeding and diapering, choking aid, and age specific behavior. Class size is limited. enrollment costs 25 dollars. To pre enroll contact Rose Heinlein at 242-9074 ext. 310.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Rose Heinlein
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