As older patients, please don\u2019t call us geriatric and keep referring to our age \u2013 we are well aware that age isn\u2019t on our side \u2013 constantly reminding us just upsets us. We know geriatric is a medical term, but please save it for the paperwork and use something more sensitive to our faces.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nWe know there are reasons for some of these things, and that not all patients feel the same. But this process is hard for us, and we struggle on a lot of days to hold it together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What we need is empathy for how difficult this is for us emotionally, sensitivity to the fact we are vulnerable and consideration on how certain comments and behaviour will affect us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you for all you do for us, we appreciate you and will always remember what you do for us, regardless of the outcome.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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