Reflections from a Hospice Nurse
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When we first met, you were feisty. Every week you demanded your rights, your VA benefits, and fought to get as much assistance as you could. I would leave your house hearing your favorite phrase in my head: 'I'm 84 years old, and a veteran, and after serving my country, I have earned the right to have my needs taken care of!'...And now that you are bed bound, you are totally dependent on others taking care of your every need. ...It is even too exhausting for you to speak. I hold your hand, wrapping my warm fingers around your long cold bony fingers. You close your eyes and surrender to sleep, waiting for death.
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The recently bereaved are the only ones who really know how fragile life is. Caring for a dying loved one is the hardest job a person will ever have. If you find yourself in this position, choosing the best hospice care for your loved one will help them and you by providing the support you need to assure the dying person the most dignified, comfortable, peaceful, and natural end of life possible. This book, written by a hospice nurse with over thirty years of nursing experience, contains insights about hospice care and numerous stories of dying patients and their caregivers.