{"id":507,"date":"2014-10-29T21:56:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T06:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=507"},"modified":"2014-10-30T02:07:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T11:07:21","slug":"oct-29-the-importance-of-showing-you-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Oct 29 &#8211; The Importance of Showing You Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Oct 29 &#8211; The Importance of Showing You Care\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=507\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/postal-delivery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-508\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/postal-delivery.jpg\" alt=\"postal delivery\" width=\"164\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In my work with patients and their families who are home Hospice I hear a lot of people say that they feel isolated from their friends.\u00a0 When I ask what their friends could do that would be most helpful in cutting through that feeling of isolation the most frequent reply is: \u201c<strong>SEND A CARD OR A LETTER<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This advice may seem outdated in our world of modern methods of communication so let me explain why cards or letters are preferred in many cases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A card or letter can be dealt with as the patient or caregiver has time or energy.<\/li>\n<li>A postal message is more helpful than an email message because many times the patient can\u2019t easily view a computer screen but they can hold a card.<\/li>\n<li>Phone calls sometimes come in busy moments; one example of this is if the patient needs help with toileting. Calls at this time are either very short or go to voice mail.\u00a0 A voice mail creates another task for a caregiver who may already feel overwhelmed and exhausted.<\/li>\n<li>A patient has the energy to read a lot more cards than see visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors are sometimes discouraged for infection control reasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please take this posting as an encouragement today to send a card or letter to someone you love who is ill.\u00a0\u00a0 The will appreciate the card and the person who sends it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In my work with patients and their families who are home Hospice I hear a lot of people say that they feel isolated from their friends.\u00a0 When I ask what their friends could do that would be most helpful in cutting through that feeling of isolation the most frequent reply is: \u201cSEND A CARD &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=507\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oct 29 &#8211; The Importance of Showing You Care<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":509,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}