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Neighbors Growing Together | May 17, 2012

Care providers show respect by using a patient's name

By DEAR ABBY - Abigail Van Buren | Feb 01, 2012
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DEAR ABBY: "She Has a Name in Georgia" (Dec. 2) complained that the care staff at the assisted living community where her mother lives calls her "Granny," "Grandma" and "Mamma." She found it disrespectful, and I agree with her.

I am an R.N. with two ...

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