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[...] Can we reconcile humor and care? How can humor be a therapeutic alliance in care? In what way can the presentation of care and disease be a barrier to the use of humor and laughter for the IDE? What are the impacts of humor in the caregiver/patient relationship? What are the factors that determine the benefits of humor in the caregiver/patient relationship? Is there more than one form of humor? Humor and sensitivity, what is the right distance to maintain by the caregiver facing the suffering patient? [...]
[...] She tells him that she is ready to make him very handsome for Mrs. S. The resident quickly understands the nurse's implication and his humor, smiling and then laughing. The nurse then asks if she can start the care. The patient agrees. As a professional, the nurse changes his pocket with great respect for the patient's intimacy. She brings out his best clothes and helps him with his toilette. Before leaving the room, she tells him that he was ready to go courting Mrs. while giving him a little wink. [...]
[...] The rest is in a posture that joins taking care. And, just to create the conditions 'to take care', Walter HESBEEN8, proposes words-ingredients to which, he says, the verb 'to love' must be added. These words-ingredients are the qualities of caregivers. For this author, qualities are comparable to necessary values for building a viable and quality relationship. These values are: the respect, the dignity, the benevolence, the politeness, the humility, the sensitivity, the generosity, the delicacy. But, of course,without to love people, we can't take care of them9. » However, this verb is polysemous. [...]
[...] Thus, instead of saying, "you have done badly? it would be better to say ""Are you comfortable ? » or even replace « you have cold ? » by « does the temperature suit you? ». « The attitude to adopt is a calm, measured voice, speaking on the patient's expiration in order to pace our speech and allow the information to be integrated more easily. »7It is also necessary to create a therapeutic alliance by banning certain words such asbarriers, drugs, pistol, gallows? » It is necessary to adopt a soothing attitude, as well as using constructive terms to have a smooth communication. [...]
[...] Not a day goes by without him receiving a visit. When there are people, we often hear laughter coming out of his room. P is a bit of a prankster with his friends and colleagues. Every day, he tells us jokes that make us laugh. P is a very charming man, who doesn't like to be a bother. He uses his call bell very rarely. On every visit to his room, he offers us a treat or a chocolate, and jokingly often says: "eat them for me, I have to keep my figure". [...]
