“Consider hiring a sitter from an in-home care service if the staff at the hospital or nursing home seems overwhelmed.  Hire someone to sit with your loved one for a shift, preferably the first shift after surgery.  Or ask the DON (Director of Nursing) when the staff will need the most help.  I am always worried when older people come out of anesthesia in the middle of the night and have no clue where they are.  Having a sitter there will solve that problem.”  Jen, Home Health Nurse, The Villages, FL