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Information about the Coronavirus

Griffin Health is committed to the care and safety of our patients. Please call your doctor or provider before your visit. General COVID-19 information is available here. Questions about vaccination, testing, and assistance with VAMS call 203-204-1053. If you are currently eligible for a vaccination (CT State eligibility info) and have not already made an appointment, please call 203-433-3394 to speak to an appointment scheduling specialist.

Planetree Services and Ammentities

Planetree Services & Amenities

Amentities for health and wellness

A number of complementary services and amenities are available to patients and visitors to aid in healing and relaxation.

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Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is the art & science of using the natural extracts from plants, known as essential oils, to help mobilize the body's own healing properties. It can be useful in treating anxiety, insomnia, and depression.

Care Partner Program

Griffin Hospital's Care Partner program allows family and friends to become part of your care-giving team during hospitalization and/or after discharge.

Guided Imagery

Guided imagery is a relaxation technique that focuses your attention on pleasant images to replace negative or stressful feelings and relax. Guided imagery may be directed by you or a practitioner through storytelling or descriptions designed to suggest mental images (also called visualization).

Healing Garden

A meditation garden is available for the enjoyment of you and your guests. The garden offers a private, quiet space for meditation or relaxation.

The meditation garden is located in front of the hospital just outside of the Childbirth Center entrance.

For the health and safety of you and those around you, smoking is not permitted in the meditation garden or anywhere on hospital grounds.

Health Resource Centers

Our Community Health Resource Center is a free lending-library of consumer-level health and lifestyle materials to our patients, visitors, and community members. Computers with Internet access are also available. Satellite resource centers are located on patient floors and in the Center for Cancer Care.

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Hospital Elder Life Program

The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) is designed to offer special services to older adults while hospitalized at Griffin Hospital.

HELP is an evidence-based quality improvement program whose purpose is to prevent older patients from experiencing a decline in both their physical and mental health during their hospital stay. HELP provides personalized care for seniors in an effort to maintain and support their optimal level of independence.

This volunteer opportunity is open to many individuals, including those who are employed or retired, students, homemakers, and teenagers. The minimum commitment is 4 hours per week for 6 months. Volunteers must be comfortable with patients, sensitive to their needs, and possess good interpersonal skills.

Open Medical Record

All patients have unrestricted access to their medical records. We encourage you to take an active role in your care and treatment by reading and contributing your own notes to your medical record.

Patient Care Conference

A patient care conference is a meeting between you, your doctor, and your primary care nurse to discuss your care in the hospital and to plan your discharge, including any preparations that may be required.

Patient Education Packet

Patients at Griffin Hospital are provided with a customized patient education packet with information about their specific diagnosis or procedure.

Reiki

Reiki is a healing practice that originated in Japan. Reiki practitioners place their hands lightly on or just above the person receiving treatment, with the goal of facilitating the person's own healing response. Reiki is based on the idea that there is a universal (or source) energy that supports the body's innate healing abilities. Practitioners seek to access this energy, allowing it to flow to the body and facilitate healing.

Spiritual Services

Our interfaith chapel is located on the first floor of the hospital's East wing. Chaplains are available 24 hours a day, daily. The chapel is always open for prayer and meditation. Spiritual services and meditations are scheduled regularly and individual contact with patients and family members is available upon request.

Soft Touch

Touch reduces anxiety, pain, stress and benefiting patients, families and staff members. Griffin Hospital’s trained volunteers and licensed massage therapists are at the service of patients, family members and co-workers to provide ‘soft touch’ hand and foot massages to help you relax.

Therapy Dog Visitation

A therapy dog is a dog trained to provide affection and comfort to our patients and their families. Animal companionship has been known to have a therapeutic effect for many people, such as relieving stress, lowering blood pressure, and raising spirits.

Therapy dogs come in all sizes and breeds. All Griffin Hospital therapy dogs are registered and insured through a therapy dog organization. Each dog must pass a rigorous behavior and medical screening prior to entry to our program.

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Unrestricted Visiting Hours

Unrestricted visiting hours allow family and friends to visit whenever and for as long as you'd like. Arrangements can be made for overnight stays upon request.
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