The problem with being hospitalized

The one thing I do is make sure Chicklet has a bath 2 hours before going. She has also be trained not to lick or pick up any food off the floor. If Chicklet see a resident in a wheel chair she know to put her head under there hand. A resident at my home would not talk or socialize with others and he was only 35. After Chicklet started coming he would chase us down calling out to stop. It was so funny that he had saved some of his chicken bones just for Chicklet. I had to tell him the reason why she could not have them. On our next visit he had a box of milk bones. Any animal is speical to these residents. I always tell visitors to the home bring an animal or child to see these people light up. Besides my nursing home residents, I do this wih my hospice patients too.

Sharon