Hospital Packing Checklist

You are not going overseas for a year, so be critical when packing for the hospital commitment.

When committed to the hospital, there's a lot of stuff, you think you don't need, and a lot you think you do. It always seems people are quite wrong.

I've created my personal packing check list from those times, I had a choise. (When committed and picked up by ambulance, you don't get time to pack. But on the other side you're most likely not capeable anyway)

Remember the rules of what you are allowed to bring into the mental hospital, they may vary quite a bit.

My Checklist:

Clothes (for a week. I could do my own laundry in there)

Bathing sandals

Slippers 

Outdoor shoes

Jacket 

Socks 

Underwear
Sleepwear (I wear full body underwear for skiing, since the nurses temd to you at night)
Pants
T shirts
Sweaters
(If you prefer to dress up and wear nice clothes instead of clothes for relaxation, then you just do that.)

Toilet gear

Toothbrush 

Toothpaste

Shampoo

Hairbrush 

Deodorant

Perfume

Lotion

Hand cream

Nail clipper 

If you like

Makeup

Facial products

Hair styling products

Blowdryer etc.

Medication list

Medication (hospital personnel will take  it and store it. You get it back)

Entertainment and practical stuff

Laptop

Extension cord 

Phone 

Charger

Headset (if you're not in a single room,don't use sound without it, it's not polite)

Movies (or internet movie stream access)

Music

Battery pack/power bank

Pen

Paper

Book

Money (coins for machines and phone in case of emergency)

Credit card

Forget about camera, I have never been allowed to use one. Most phones has a build in camera. At the Hospitals I've been committed to, we were allowed to have the phones, but strictly forbidden to take photos. They would confiscate the phone, if we broke the rules.

As you see, I don't really pack much. Crossword pussels can be found in old magazines and newspapers. Games, stuff to read, write to people... You can do all if this by the laptop.

Perhaps it's also useful for you to read a later upcoming at the blog:

Arrivl at the Mental Hospital