{"id":729,"date":"2015-02-25T22:14:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T07:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=729"},"modified":"2015-02-26T02:17:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T11:17:25","slug":"feb-25-the-value-of-remembering-those-we-have-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=729","title":{"rendered":"Feb. 25 &#8211; The Value of Remembering Those We Have Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Feb. 25 &#8211; The Value of Remembering Those We Have Lost\" 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=729\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-730\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doves.jpg\" alt=\"doves\" width=\"250\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the February 23 Service of Remembrance a \u201ccommon chorus\u201d was sang by the family representatives who spoke.\u00a0 Each family was able to name specific things staff or departments had done to make their time of losing a beloved family member just a bit gentler than it would otherwise have been.\u00a0 Here are few specific acts of kindness that were mentioned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One patient who was on 7 South was celebrating his 64<sup>th<\/sup>Wedding Anniversary two days before he died.\u00a0 The staff knew this would be their last wedding anniversary and had Dietary provide a small cake with his dinner tray.\u00a0 His wife had tears of joy for the love they shared as she told this portion of their hospital experience.<\/li>\n<li>One patient\u2019s family said they had been in these units: Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, High Level Care Unit and 7 North during the time they were here.\u00a0 They reported that the staff on each unit showed genuine concern for the patient and the family members.\u00a0 The daughter of the patient said, \u201cThe staff treated us like we were part of their family.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>One patient arrived by ambulance and was given CPR in the ambulance and in the Emergency Department.\u00a0 As it happened in this case the administration of CPR\u00a0 did not result in saving his life.\u00a0 The family apologized for not thanking the Emergency Department staff that evening for all they did for the patient.\u00a0 The daughter said, \u201cWe were all so overwhelmed by our emotions that the thought of saying thank you did not even cross our minds.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is common at our Service of Remembrance to hear comments like the ones shared in this article.\u00a0 The evening was a reminder to me that even though we do hear complaints from some patients, we also please many patients who never get the chance to convey their appreciation.\u00a0 The evening was an encouragement to me to remember that even though we don\u2019t receive a \u201cthank you\u201d, that does not mean the care we have given is not appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At the February 23 Service of Remembrance a \u201ccommon chorus\u201d was sang by the family representatives who spoke.\u00a0 Each family was able to name specific things staff or departments had done to make their time of losing a beloved family member just a bit gentler than it would otherwise have been.\u00a0 Here are few &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=729\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Feb. 25 &#8211; The Value of Remembering Those We Have Lost<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","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=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}