AHVRP gives award to 'Life Histories' project at Banner Baywood Medical Centre and Heart Hospital.
It is so important that patients are not seen just in terms of their illnesses. This is an American scheme organised by volunteers which gives patients the opportunity to give their life stories. It won the Association of Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals 2008 award.
This is explained clearly if you click on the Audio link of the website below
- 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