When a teen patient asked to have her hair braided by a patient care assistant, the simple request transformed into a larger effort to provide culturally competent hair care to all patients. The team on our 6th floor inpatient unit established a dedicated cabinet in the unit to store a wider variety of hair care […]
From patient to volunteer to employee, Dan Yeric finds his true calling at Akron Children’s
In many ways, Akron Children’s feels like home to Dan Yeric. Born with spina bifida, he spent a lot of time in the hospital, undergoing multiple surgeries and receiving care from a variety of specialists. As a teen, he became a volunteer in 1993, eventually landing his current position as activities assistant in 2006. When […]
