tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655334.post912127756053933326..comments2008-10-31T08:53:11.308-07:00Hospice Guynoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655334.post-18506724462031257732008-10-31T02:34:00.000-07:002008-10-31T02:34:00.000-07:00

In your reference to a dying person waiting for a loved one to leave and then deciding to die, I strongly believe that this was the case with my mother. My husband says it was probably because had I been there I would have felt that I had to do everything to prevent her dying, when in reality all she wanted was the peace of death. This way she saved me the decision of what to do.

dadcarernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655334.post-80317438074018149752008-10-28T09:00:00.000-07:002008-10-28T09:00:00.000-07:00

Great discussion HG...<BR/><BR/>Not too long ago I cared for a 50+ year married couple who were both on hospice - bedbound for years, they stayed in "twin" hospital beds in the same room. They passed within 8 hours of each other in their sleep - I am sure one could tell the other had left.<BR/><BR/>My wife's grandparents passed within 10 days of each other this past December after 60 years of

AllenAhttp://www.compassionhospice.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655334.post-89407849853627128032008-10-18T14:09:00.000-07:002008-10-18T14:09:00.000-07:00

HG: I've worked in hospice for five years, and seen this phenomenon frequently. I also have personal experience in this area. My paternal grandparents were married for 60+ years in relatively good health, spending most of their time travelling together in their RV between their homes in Florida and Maine, and stopping in between up and down the Eastern seaboard visiting all of the members of

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