Home care & September 11: connecting with our clients in times of uncertainty. Interview by Carol A. Trueman and James E. Murray.
In keeping with the theme of this year's National Association for Home Care & Hospice 22nd Annual Meeting and Third World Congress on Home Care and Hospice, "Home Care & Hospice: The Heart & Soul of Health Care in America & Around the World," the authors recently conducted an interview with Albert Freedman, PhD, psychologist and father of a medically-fragile child; and Mark Baiada, founder and president of Bayada Nurses. These two gentlemen discussed the parallel between the impact of their personal experiences and those of the nation following the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. From the great personal pain, angst, and fear wrought out of their own family experiences, Freedman and Baiada relate how families caring for a medically-fragile loved one experience their own "September 11" when the health of a family member changes abruptly, and they emphasize the importance of a genuine connection between home care professionals and emotionally vulnerable families.
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