LOL!!At my age, I'd rather snuggle with a pet than a human.
Rack time at my place includes 3 pups (Rat Terrier, Dachshund, Jack Russell Terrier) finding a spot to settle. The pups migrate between me, my wife and just an open spot on the bed. They are good citizens when it is time to sleep. Once the sun is up, they wait for evidence of "stirring". Once that occurs, the Dachshund is resting her muzzle on my face. The Jack Russell is giving my ear a good wash and the Rat Terrier is sitting up to demand a belly rub. The Chihuahua sleeps under the bed. The Border Collie picks different places to "guard the cave".
Regarding hospice, I've detected an attitude from some of them that they are doing the customer a service to drive them to the cemetery faster with morphine whether they need it or not. It is a disturbing sense of self-righteousness. I hope to never be in their "care". The abdominal aortic aneurysm tends to be a very quick event when it blows. My hope is that I'm not operating a motor vehicle that puts anyone else in harm's way.