'Hospital help' offers simple suggestions on how to prepare for a hospital stay
'Hospital help' is a website offering useful information about health related issuesin a way that is simple and easy to understand.
With limited space to store things, knowing what to take with you for a stay in hospital can be a nightmare. Most hospitals have information on their websites but, if you're not sure, why not make use of this simple check-list
- A room with a view - Surroundings
- Are you sitting comfortably - Physical comfort
- Cleanliness is next to godliness - hygeine
- Food glorious food - Appetising food
- Getting to know you - Communication
- It's childsplay - All about children
- Let me entertain you - Coping with boredom
- Pleased to meet you - The welcome
- Relatively speaking - Relatives and carers
- The waiting game - Waiting rooms
- There's no place like home - Going home
- Trumpet voluntary - All about volunteers
- A death in the family - Empathy and compassion
- Long Term Care - The long and winding road
- Mobility - Getting there