Great thread, and really enjoyed your insights, UCGal and eavesdropper.
UCGal,
Being a “home-care hospice pediatric nurse” must be unbelievably tough (as is E.R.), but it’s so wonderful to know that people are willing to take on this very important task.
Like you and eaves, I have very positive things to say about hospice care. My mom had hospice care for the last couple of months of her life, and it couldn’t have been better. They even reach out to family members after the patient has passed, offering counseling and group sessions (even walks, with my mom’s hospice organization).
It’s too bad our society has such a negative way of dealing with death. I understand the anguish when people are young; but when they are old, and have lived good long, lives, the end of their lives should be celebrated, and death should be somewhat accepted as closure to a fulfilling life.
