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57. All the best to you at this difficult time, titaniumsalute

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 06:28 PM

Mar 2019

My mom's hospice experience turned me into a hospice volunteer. They provide such an amazing service. It's a privilege to be able to spend time with people in their last days and hours.

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Hospice [View all] titaniumsalute Mar 2019 OP

So sorry for your loss.... NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #1

Thanx for sharing that, ts. Lucid Dreamer Mar 2019 #2

Yes it is. JanetLovesObama Mar 2019 #3

I am sorry for your loss. riverbendviewgal Mar 2019 #4

AGEE 100000000% bluestarone Mar 2019 #5

Me too, as a young adult losing a parent, they were Angels lostnfound Mar 2019 #64

My deepest condolences and as a former hospice nurse, THANKS! flying_wahini Mar 2019 #6

Please read my comment below (comment #40) lunatica Mar 2019 #41

Deepest sympathy malaise Mar 2019 #7

As my dad was dying 12 years ago, hospice care really was an appreciated part of his care The Genealogist Mar 2019 #8

So happy you had a positive experience during a very emotional time..... a kennedy Mar 2019 #9

I was a hospice nurse for almost 4 years, thank you for sharing this Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #10

Hospice is just as important for the care of the entire family during the lunatica Mar 2019 #42

Oh lunatica, you made me tear up a little there. It was the honor of my life to be there Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #45

Thank you for your post. titaniumsalute Mar 2019 #73

Hospice attendents are saints on earth. As I've gotten older I've seen it more and more. marble falls Mar 2019 #11

Thank you, Titanium. I'm glad to take the message Hortensis Mar 2019 #12

I have known several people to be in Hospice, and it was wonderful. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #13

My mom was in hospice care for the final few weeks of her life. MarianJack Mar 2019 #14

Hospice is wonderful cp Mar 2019 #15

I just lost my dad, too. And you're right about hospice. Reader Rabbit Mar 2019 #16

Hospice nurses and doctors really are a breed apart BritVic Mar 2019 #17

So sorry for your loss and I totally agree about Hospice. lark Mar 2019 #18

Yes. Hospice enabled my husband to die marybourg Mar 2019 #19

Hospice workers are saints... albacore Mar 2019 #20

INDEED hospice is a godsend... RobertDevereaux Mar 2019 #21

Condolences on the loss of your father. gademocrat7 Mar 2019 #22

Hospice has helped me say goodbye to two brothers and my mother.... spanone Mar 2019 #23

Reading all this about hospice makes me wonder, as I've wondered before... LisaM Mar 2019 #24

That's why I practically moved into the hospital whenever lunatica Mar 2019 #44

we had the same experience with my dad Hamlette Mar 2019 #25

As everyone posting, I'll second your experience Duppers Mar 2019 #26

benzos (like xanax) Mosby Mar 2019 #27

Hospice is wonderful. Granny M Mar 2019 #28

My condolences ... my mom died of the same thing bedazzled Mar 2019 #29

Before retirement, I worked with hospice people quite often. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2019 #30

They are all angels hibbing Mar 2019 #31

Hospice is amazing LittleGirl Mar 2019 #32

My Deepest Sympathy, titaniumsalute. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #33

not a bad thing to be said handmade34 Mar 2019 #34

I had quite the opposite zipplewrath Mar 2019 #35

I am so sorry your experiences were so difficult. pnwmom Mar 2019 #38

I understand zipplewrath Mar 2019 #48

That sounds awful about the morphine. Seeing her go through that must have been painful. pnwmom Mar 2019 #68

Drug induced dysphagia (problem swallowing) Mosby Mar 2019 #43

There are many, many reasons why dying people develop trouble with swallowing. Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #47

opiates and benzos are being massively overprescribed Mosby Mar 2019 #50

Thank you nini Mar 2019 #53

Morphine helped make your mother more comfortable nini Mar 2019 #55

Oh, I probably will zipplewrath Mar 2019 #69

Unfortunately RobinA Mar 2019 #70

Yes, that's a whole other problem zipplewrath Mar 2019 #71

So sorry! I lost my brother last year, & hospice care was wonderful. displacedtexan Mar 2019 #36

Hospice is wonderful - it really helps people die with dignity mcar Mar 2019 #37

I want to thank you for your work in hospice, lunatica Mar 2019 #46

My Mom Delphinus Mar 2019 #39

I like to say that when hospice workers go to heaven lunatica Mar 2019 #40

Hospice workers are the best! mcar Mar 2019 #60

Kindness is the solution to so many things. lunatica Mar 2019 #61

It is still out there mcar Mar 2019 #62

I cannot agree more. Loryn Mar 2019 #49

My deepest sympathies leftynyc Mar 2019 #51

My experience has Rebl2 Mar 2019 #52

Hospice nurses are geniuses too. planetc Mar 2019 #54

My sincerest condolences to you Ohiogal Mar 2019 #56

All the best to you at this difficult time, titaniumsalute True Dough Mar 2019 #57

Condolences on your loss. Hospice workers are quite amazing. Stinky The Clown Mar 2019 #58

Condolences, titaniumsalute. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #59

Same experience nicehuman16 Mar 2019 #63

So sorry for your loss, and I agree with you about hospice! MiniMe Mar 2019 #65

I 100% agree with you about Hospice. And I am terribly sorry that your dad passed. Maraya1969 Mar 2019 #66

I'm so sorry about your father radical noodle Mar 2019 #67

I watched how panicked my Grandma was at the end... pandr32 Mar 2019 #72

Much love and empathy to you, titaniumsalute. calimary Mar 2019 #74