[FRIAM] Hospice Care

2011-06-16 Thread Owen Densmore
We are considering hospice care for a family member here in Santa Fe. Has anyone experience with this? What are the problems? Upsides? Downsides? Pros/Cons? Thanks --   -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets

Re: [FRIAM] hospice care?

2011-06-16 Thread Pamela McCorduck
I'd like to underscore what Rich says. My family has had a long (more than thirty years) involvement in the hospice movement (in the SF Bay Area, not here) and usually the biggest problem for a family is that they fail to call on hospice soon enough. There's a feeling that this is somehow

Re: [FRIAM] hospice care?

2011-06-16 Thread Carl Tollander
I replied to Owen separately about my experiences, but I'd like to reiterate for all what Rich and Pamela said. Don't wait until the stress is upon you, because you can't really hide that stress. You can never prepare yourself completely, but you can do the research about alternatives