Alternatives to Visiting

You can comfort and support patients in ways other than visiting the hospital. If you are unable to visit, or feel a visit would cause undue stress to the patient, please consider these alternatives:

  • Provide for the family’s food needs by doing the grocery shopping, preparing and freezing meals, or giving gift certificates to local restaurants.
  • Help with daily activities, such as making lunches and carpooling children, collecting mail and newspapers, cleaning house, caring for pets, or running errands.
  • Consider other special needs you can help with, such as planning birthday parties, picking up relatives from the airport, or offering a ride home from the hospital.
  • Send a Greeting from our web site.