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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would think that hiring someone with RN experience, for 8 hours a day, would be very expensive, and not really what you need, assuming that family members are close by and reachable on the phone.

What you really are looking for is just someone reasonably sensible, able to sit fairly quietly and amuse themselves, able to communicate well with the patient and also with hospital staff; someone familiar with hospitals, probably because they have had family members who needed care themselves. [/quote]

You described me. Too bad I don’t live in the area. I would do it and have actually thought about offering up myself for hire for this sort of thing. Kind of like a substitute daughter for a few hours at a time. I understand how hard it is from my own family experience and I like the idea of providing some comfort in this area via just eyes on and the ability to communicate.

I agree with a PP that there is the risk of less attention from staff when visitor is there because it’s somewhat covered. We experienced that with hired home care aides to sit in. 
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