Gentle Caregiver Gifts

Hurt Knee

Baby knocks old lady out with pram toy.

'Don't bite it.I have to check Daddy next.'

Medical personnel give their hearts

Baby sees bottle with math formula marked, 'Baby Formula'.

Mother puts extra long dummy in babies mouth.

'You are a very good nurse. You're actually listening to what I'm saying.'

"Helmet, check. Harness, check. Knee and elbow pads, check. You may now push the swing."

"The patient in 12-C needs comforting."

'It's not easy being fabulous and caretaking.'

The Yummiest Mummy in the Village

Child Being Dirty in the Bath.

"You want a generic or a regular sugar pill?"

'It's either a boo-boo or an owwie, but the doctors need to run some more tests before they decide.'

'Feel free to get a second opinion. I can give you the number to my mom.'

'Let's play doctor. You be the primary care giver and I'll be the doctor you refer patients to.'

"Peace. Love. Adopt."

One tends to the sick. The other manages a large estate. Interestingly, a caregiver and a caretaker are not on opposite sides of an interaction.

NHS recruitment.

'Sorry, shortage of staff.'

'It's the only way he'll take his medicine.'

'A willingness to sacrifice yourself to bring 'peace and succor to the suffering' is all very well Mother Theresa but I don't think it makes up for your lack of knowledge of current hand sanitisation protocols.'

"It's our latest targets...We have to do twice as much with half the stuff in a quarter of the time!"

'I usually don't make house calls but I'm glad to make an exception in your case, Gran'ma.'

'Could you wear a Dr. Phil mask?'

"On the other hand, his bedside manner is impeccable."

"John says you've all been compassionate and caring! Would you please stop... or he'll expect that at home!"

The Crimean War and Florence Nightingale

'Underpaid, overworked, stressed and sick of criticism...still enough of my problems do you still need the toilet?'

Humanitarian Medical Work

'How am I ever going to be able to practice my first aid if you insist on using an electric razor?'

"He had a full two weeks."

'We're to spend more time engaging with patients on a more compassionate 'human' level...and here are the guidelines on how to do it!'

I'm afraid nurse Wilcox can't have a supportive caring chat with you until she's had the appropriate training.

Good Samaritan responding to hurt man: 'I'm part of God's TLC plan.'