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r m t HOW HOSPITALS ARE CURING THEIR ILLS It.-;. -. ' , : I I n iaaaajjjjVjjjljjjjja.aaaa!L-;r 4.-fcltrtijdrtfiMc WriL1JIWM-.J o time. Some think this plan has its draw backs "when a mother may be physically exhausted. But the Oklahoma terminal rooming-in plan is different. In the first days after birth, the mother sees the child only at feeding times, as at most hospitals. But on the final day, she has her baby in with her all day. ' A nurse spends the better part of an hour orienting, the mother on baby care in general and on her own infant's daily rou tine. All during the day she has the oppor tunity as does her husband to get to know her child, and to feed, handle,, change and otherwise care for him. . . . : Some hospitals have been devising bet- . ter methods of care for sick children. i One of the ' most heart-warming is , the Mother's, Bank at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital. The bank is composed of volunteers most of them grand mothers, all of them kindly and experi ' ehced Whose job it is to "mother" sick babies, .especially those with emotional disturbances. Each hospital "mother" is ' assigned to one baby during its entire , stay. She is with the child six- hours a day, not only feeding, bathing and chang ing it, but also holding and playing with the baby as much as possible: Los Angeles Children's Hospital is meeting another problem. When a child is . hospitalized, parents want to know what , is being done. If they're ignored or given only a smattering of information, their worry might be communicated to the child. Leaving the problem (to doctors and nurses isn't 'always satisfactory. Its solu tion was to appoint Marie' Biotherton, a nurse out of uniform, to be Director of ' Parents' Public Relations'. The hospital's operating room supervisor for 26 years, Miss Brotherton performs a host of valu able functions. When a child is to have , an operation, she is the link between par erits' and operating room, providing in- formation about the surgery and enabling the parents to be with their .child im mediately afterward. ' , Perhaps the most crucial medical prob- 1 lem today is the skyrocketing cost of , hosp'ital care up 132 percent in eight years, while the consumer price index rose 37.6 percent. . '. Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, has suggested that what we may need is a new concept of hospital opera tion to include "do-it-yourself" projects for patients to help bring down costs. by Lawrence Galton Intercom systems now permit patients to tell nurse their needs, thus saving her an extra walk from her 'desk to bed. A start has been made with a new re habilitation pavilion at Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago. Probably the only facility ever built specifically to cut the time and cost of rehabilitation for convalescent patients, it is called "a bridge on the road to recovery between the hos pital bed and the patient's own home," by Dr. Robert C. Levy, staff president. " Costs are cut by discouraging pamper ing. Accident victims, patients recovering from heart attacks and strokes and others on the mend are encouraged to eat in a community dining room. There are no hospital beds; instead, there are day beds that can be made up as studio couches. Patients are expected to care for them- . selves as much as their doctors allow. Not only are room rates in the "do-it-yourself" pavilion lower, but recovery periods afe considerably shorter. In other ways, hospitals are using new approaches to old problems. There's the matter of gifts, often a head ache for relatives andjriends who puzzle over their choices, patients who are inun-' dated with duplications of flowers, candy and fruit and hospital workers with ex tra cleanup work. 'The Reading, Pa., Hospital's solution, a happy one, is a "Guest Card" plan. The card, sold by the hospital, reads: "Dear 1 -: This card indicates that you are my guest in the Reading Hospital for the day. I ; wish for you a speedy recovery. ..Sincerely, ." The donor pays for ' one or more days of hospital care, signs the card and sends it to the patient. In addition to simplifying gift choices, the guest cards ease the financial burden of hospital care without embarrassment. Hospitals are among the most complex of man's institutions, but a fresh approach can help solve most problems, with bene fit to everybody concerned. Cafeteria-style dining for patients who can walk replaces tray feeding, cuts down on expenses and boosts morale.' I I Getting patients off.bed and on feet soon after operations is speeded up with a therapeutic handrail device.' "Ho Sugar to add to this Eagle Brand toys Elsie, the Bordtn Cow Family Weekly, September 13, 1959 13 10-Minute Magic Macaroons cup (ft 15-oz. can) Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk 3 cups shredded coconut 1 teaspoon vanilla extract teaspoon almond extract Try my quick-mix way to melt-in-your-mouth cookies) The secret? Borden's Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk ready-blended, nourishing milk and -sugar pre cooked to a creamy smoothness. 1. Mix Eagle Brand with coconut and flavorings. 2. Drop by tea spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet, about 1 inch apart. 3. Bake ' in moderate oven (350 F.) until a delicate brown, 8 to 10 min. 4. Re move from pan. (Makes about 30 delicious cookies.) Try Eagle Brand en cereal, in coffee FREE! Get Elsie's 28-page full-color recipe book The Borden Company I Dept. FW-99, Box 171 New York 46, N. Y. 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