Ma, you are so right and it is so wonderful that you started such a positive thread. Unfortunately I have spent way too much time in hospitals and it doesn’t matter what religion you are. When a visitor comes in to the room, they light up the room for both patients. In addition, in so many instances that we don’t even realize, the “other” patient especially with the elderly may not even have visitors or a limited amount while we b”h have so many wether it is our own mishpacha, or someone who happened to be in the hospital and heard our parent was there so stopped by or bikur cholim, or volunteers from the local school, etc.
So Ma, you are so right, always make a kidush hashem and include the other patient unless they seclude themselves behind the curtain, then leave it up to the patient themselves to include or not. But when visiting children, always have extras for the other children.