Until I retired in 2006, I worked full time and more for two decades as a home hospice care giver in Santa Fe for all the agencies, in hospitals, and every kind of private home and rental unit.
Any well established agency provides excellent helpers, as well as visits by RNs, respiratory techs, pastors, counselors, nutritionists... It reduces the load on family members, who can be otherwise drawn in past their limits of energy, worry needlessly, or not be informed about myriad practical details. Good givers have an trusting, accepting, allowing, receptive, patient, supportive, flexible, open minded, respectful, practical attitude. Home care is usually far preferable to hospital or nursing home care, if practical. Family members may benefit deeply on many levels by sharing the life experience of a loved one at home with hospice care. Rather complete pain control with modern drug delivery is available. There's no perfect or right way to live this phase of life experience -- it's as individual and unique as any other aspect of living. In mutual service, Rich Murray 505-819-7388 On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
