This interviewee stayed in the hospital for about 4-5 days. She shared her experience with me and said that entertainment was not provided. The reason for her stay was due to a fracture after a fall. She was offered healing methods that were cooling and tablets against the pain of broken ribs. The hospital room in Germany was bright, and the bed was by the window. It wasn’t a single room, which meant you could talk to your fellow patients. Unfortunately, the fellow patient was disturbing her healing process as he was talking in his sleep and snoring loudly. Other distractions and offers, included television sets in the room and a vending machine for drinks and coffee in the hallway. Overall, this was not too exciting for her though, and being able to talk to other patients from other rooms would have been something she would have wished for. This again leads to the thought and confirms that an escape space when your neighbor is a disturbance or if you just want to chat with someone else would be supportive in the healing process and would avoid boredom, which often can lead to overthinking and anxiety. Alternative healing approaches were also not used as support in her time of healing.
This is what my interviewee described when talking about the reality of her hospital experience. Observing the first image, it is visible that this tv is tiny and therefore not made for the eyes of an elderly person, as well as it is extremely uncomfortable to view the tv in this position in which the man in the above example is forced to do so. For an elderly person, this angle of viewing is barely possible, as well as it does not support the healing process of younger patients. Observing how the patient in the hospital has to physically turn around, could lead to cause further pain.