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Jane Bates , Works in outpatients in Hampshire

Children’s wards today are cheerful and welcoming, says jane bates. so why don’t we do the same for adults?

‘I love going to the kids’ ward,’ said one of my colleagues. ‘It’s so bright and upbeat. What a pity the older patients don’t have the same cheerful surroundings – all they have to stare at are magnolia walls.’

Nursing Standard. 19, 45, 30-31. doi: 10.7748/ns.19.45.30.s32

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20 July 2005 / Vol 19 issue 45

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