title: Letter to the editor.
abstract: Further to Hazel Heath's article 'Relative priorities' (NOP October), when some years ago my father, an active 84-year-old, was admitted to hospital, I visited him every other afternoon. We got into the habit of him having a bath before tea. Few people wanted one in the afternoon so Father could enjoy a long soak. I would run the bath and scrub his back as I had done at home.
authors.affiliation: RCN Mental Health and Older People Forum.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reynolds