HOSPICE PATIENTS UNETHICAL EAVESDROPPING JANITOR PUT GLASSES UP TO PATIENTS WALLS
BEING IN HOSPITAL WITH A LOVED ONE YOUR MIND RACES OF COURSE AS YOU ARE WATCHING THEM DISAPPEAR OF COURSE YOU STAY IN PRAYER READING MAGAZINES FIR ME I ALWAYS CALL MY MOM MY SISTERS MY GROWN DAUGHTER AFRAID BUT GRATEFUL THE PATIENT IS SLEEPING QUIETLY YOU THINK YOU ARE ALONE BUT YOU ARE NOT YOU GET UP TO GOT TO THE BATHROOM NOT TO DISTURB THE PATIENT TO TALK TO LOVED ONES CALLING LONG DISTANCE CONCERNED OF COURSE ONCE I TELL THEM THE PATIENT IS RESTING HEAVILY MEDICATED IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA NOTHING WE COULD DO EXCEPT WAIT IT'S SOOTHING KNOWING I WASN'T ALONE SO HELPLESS BUT SO VERY HAPPY YOU CAN ALEAST USE HOSPICE PRIVATE PHONES TO REACH OUT TO LOVED ONE SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO ATLEAST LAUGH TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THE PATIENT WHEN TERROR A BREACH JANITOR ACTUALLY EAVEDROPPING FROM ANOTHER ROOM USING A GLASS SOMETHING OUT OF OUR GANG IN COMEDY THIS JANITOR LISTENING TO. Y MOTHER LAUGHING MY DAUGHTERS JOKES MY.LAUGHTER MY SISTERS PRIVATE CONVERSATION STAFF ALERTED PATIENTS FAMILY TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS SERIAL EAVESDROPPER GOD ONLY KNOWS MEDICAL INFORMATION BUT TO ACTUALLY LISTENING TO PATIENTS IN BATHROOMS TALKING ON THE PHONE STUNNED YES WAS MY LOVED ONE SAFE HERE ARE WE SAFE VISITING KNOW SOME ONE ACTUALLY HAS A GLASS TO HEAR PRIVATE PHONE CONVERSATIONS WE MOVED TO THE MEMORY CARE CENTER THEY HAD MUCH MORE RESPECT FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES MY LIVED ONE WAS FINALLY SAFE IN A PRIVATE ROOM WHERE NO ONE PUT GLASSES UP TO WALL TO HEAR PRIVATE PHONES CALLS I LOVE TALKING WITH MY MOTHER MY SISTER MY DAUGHTERS ALLDAY WE CAN TALK AND LAUGH ABOUT ANYTHING THE JANITOR EAVESDROPPING WITH GLASSES ON HOSPICE PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES PHONE CALLS UNTHINKABLE THE JANITORS WERE REMOVED MY FAMILY WAS SAFE BECAREFUL IN HOSPICE CARE WATCH FOR GLASSES ON WALLS FROM OTHER ROOMS BROOM CLOSETS BATHROOMS PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY HIPPA LAWS ARE DEFINITELY IN PLACE PRIVACY ACT
WRITTEN BY YOLANDA JOY NICHOLSEN
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