March/April 1995
A Publication for the Employees and Friends of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
®
INSIDE
Around the Hospital
2 David McCombs column
3 Recycling at work
4 Programs help staff
explore career options
5 Med Tech School turns 40
6 Employee Council update
News Briefs
7 Talent show nets $7,500
From left, Extended Care
Center staff Caroline Rhodes
and Tonya Foster give Sharon
Hiatt pureed bananas during
an aging sensitizalion exercise.
Employees get taste of nursing home life
At the entrance, they surrendered their
money, cherished belongings and dreams of independence. "Welcome to Shady Pines" read a banner above the
door. In raised voices, admissions staff greeted the scared group, assigning each person a label —abusive, dirty,
grouchy or confused.
Standing nearby, the rest of the staff welcomed Shady Pines' newest residents with pats and pinches to their
cheeks. "Did someone go to the bathroom?" one staff member asked as she distributed bedpans to the residents
labeled "dirty." Another person held a "confused" resident by the arm, pointing her out to the others. "Watch out
for her—she's a little confused and might try to wander off," she warned.
Continued page 2/ Nursing home life
March/April 1995
A Publication for the Employees and Friends of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
®
INSIDE
Around the Hospital
2 David McCombs column
3 Recycling at work
4 Programs help staff
explore career options
5 Med Tech School turns 40
6 Employee Council update
News Briefs
7 Talent show nets $7,500
From left, Extended Care
Center staff Caroline Rhodes
and Tonya Foster give Sharon
Hiatt pureed bananas during
an aging sensitizalion exercise.
Employees get taste of nursing home life
At the entrance, they surrendered their
money, cherished belongings and dreams of independence. "Welcome to Shady Pines" read a banner above the
door. In raised voices, admissions staff greeted the scared group, assigning each person a label —abusive, dirty,
grouchy or confused.
Standing nearby, the rest of the staff welcomed Shady Pines' newest residents with pats and pinches to their
cheeks. "Did someone go to the bathroom?" one staff member asked as she distributed bedpans to the residents
labeled "dirty." Another person held a "confused" resident by the arm, pointing her out to the others. "Watch out
for her—she's a little confused and might try to wander off," she warned.
Continued page 2/ Nursing home life
