Letter: Speak out for residents of nursing home

Opinion

February 9, 2010

Anonymous McLeansboro Times-Leader Tue Feb 09, 2010, 11:36 PM CST

To the editor,

I’d like to take a minute to tell you about my job at Hamilton Memorial Nursing Center.

I spend my day with an amazing group of people. They love music. They love to go to church and sing. They enjoy parties, manicures and can’t wait to play bingo. They enjoy mealtimes so they can socialize and talk about what’s going on in their world, which is very much a part of our world.

They are still a vibrant part of this community. We laugh with them, and when they cry, we cry. They have become like family to the people who work at this facility.

They can’t get the word out to the public, but they and we as their extended family would like to say to you, take a moment this week and tell someone how you feel about the situation facing Hamilton Memorial Nursing Center. Do it for them as they try to understand what is going on and for those that can’t speak at all.

We need to let the people who are making these decisions know how we feel as a community. These residents lived their whole lives in Hamilton County or have moved back to retire and spend their last days in this very building which is their home.

Please speak out for them. Come visit anytime; they would love to see you. Sit awhile and get to know them.

We are still here with a home full of people who don’t want to go anywhere. Some have moved but would love for this to turn around and allow them to come “back home” very soon.

This is a very important matter affecting many wonderful people who live here and potentially many still to come who may be a part of your own family.

Patti Simmons

McLeansboro

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