{"id":3864,"date":"2025-04-23T09:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/?post_type=temoignage&#038;p=3864"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:19:25","slug":"more-serenity-for-our-geriatric-patients","status":"publish","type":"temoignage","link":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/en\/your-impact\/who-are-you-helping\/more-serenity-for-our-geriatric-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"+ serenity for our geriatric patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3864\" class=\"elementor elementor-3864 elementor-3828\" data-elementor-post-type=\"temoignage\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9229162 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9229162\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9063191 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9063191\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-049b1e0 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation quote-orange elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"049b1e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThe room is full in the afternoon. It makes things <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fhclm fhclm-plus\"><\/i> lively!\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Ysabelle Gr\u00e9goire-Arbour<br>Chief of the General Medicine Unit<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1256150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1256150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>R\u00e9jeanne Fabi is holding one of the therapy dolls in her arms. She\u2019s smiling, talking to it, cuddling it and laughing. She loves these dolls so much she has hidden them so no one steals them from her. It\u2019s been impossible to find them since she left!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32b6afe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32b6afe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rejeanne-fabi-bebe-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3833\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rejeanne-fabi-bebe-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rejeanne-fabi-bebe-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rejeanne-fabi-bebe-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rejeanne-fabi-bebe-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rejeanne-fabi-bebe.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efe8993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efe8993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elderly patients like R\u00e9jeanne who arrive at the Hospital\u2019s short-term geriatric unit on 7 South often feel uprooted. They might suffer from anxiety, agitation and dementia, making their stay hard on them and on their families.<\/p>\n<p>These patients with neurocognitive disorders need an adapted therapeutic environment to improve their daily lives during their hospital stay. This has been achieved with the creation of a Snoezelen-inspired room, a multisensory relaxation room\u2014paid for by YOUR donations!<\/p>\n<p>An environment like this helps families start conversations more easily with their loved ones and makes their visits <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fhclm fhclm-plus\"><\/i> enjoyable. It also helps care staff create relationships with patients who are often agitated and stressed. But above all, it helps our patients, by making their hospital stay <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fhclm fhclm-plus\"><\/i> pleasant and less stressful. A wonderfully human-centred project, made possible by your commitment to stand with us.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e630d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e630d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-704851d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"704851d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a Snoezelen multisensory room?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a033e84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a033e84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Patients hospitalized in the geriatric unit at H\u00f4pital Charles-Le Moyne now have access to a space that promotes wellbeing. The space consist of:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d39c507 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"d39c507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>A relaxation corner<\/strong> with armchairs and a projector that shows comforting images: landscapes, family photos, memories from their native country or images of their pet back at 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