This is part 4 of a very informative series from Tender Loving Eldercare on hospice care.  By reading this blog I hope you will better understand what patients and their families experience when dealing with end-of-life care.

A dedicated hospice volunteer visited my mom once a week and helped my mom participate in arts & crafts or music as much as she could, read books to her, talked with her (even though it was pretty one-sided due to mom’s aphasia), brought flowers and little gifts, and just kept her company if she was sleeping.  These “quality time” visits were greatly appreciated by me, since I couldn’t be there every day.  The volunteer also got to know our whole family and we still are in touch months after my mom passed away.

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