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I think she would have benefitted greatly with hospice care. It is such a blessing to patients such as your Mom. There are pallative measures such as pain and anxiety meds that relieve most of the suffering....giving the family and patient a better quality of life together .... even though the patient is actively dying.

I had a misconception of hospice because of what I read about Terri Schaivo... but since working with it the past few months....I have to say I've never been associated with such caring staff, Dr's and nurses. They do everything humanly possible to make the loved one's death a non-traumatic event.

I've sat in meetings to discuss care strategies for dying patients... and it is amazing to hear the compassion and concern coming from these professionals. It's been a real eye-opener for me.