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Yvonne Y.

Yvonne Y. spent many hours in the intensive care unit to accompany her father during the weeks of serious illness. She vividly describes the emotional ups and downs of the time. She would have liked to see professional support from the team or a psychologist for patients and relatives during this critical time in an intensive care unit.

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Mrs. Yvonne Y needed support for herself.

Ms Yvonne Y., daughter, had confidence in her father's care but would have liked more support for herself.

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So I felt helpless from the time he [the father] told me things that were not true, that were not true. I didn't know how to deal with it. I had never faced a situation like that before. And I have to say quite honestly, they just told me in the hospital that it was delirium. And that's really all it was. There is a brochure about it in the hospital. I read it, but it didn't really help me. I tried to deal with it to the best of my ability. I was told that it had to be done with familiar people again, so to speak, I: With familiar people or... E: Environment. I: Environment. E: to bring him closer. We then hung up photos of our family.

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