Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and several former first ladies all gathered in Georgia Tuesday to honor the late Rosalynn Carter.
I had no idea he was in hospice care since February. In my experience, I thought hospice care was where people go to die quietly with a little bit of dignity that hospitals don’t offer.
They offer it inside the hospital too, it’s a way for you to die while being taken care of. Most people aren’t prepared for providing the type of care they need. Hospice care nurses and doctors are heroes.
Typically people go in when there’s not much time left, but hospice is really just a commitment that you’re not going to bother fighting whatever illness you’ve got or might get. People can go into hospice and stay there a long time, and even come out of it.
That’s a common misconception about hospice. My Dad spent the last year of his life in and out of hospice with the the last 5 months in hospice care. The main difference is hospice is strictly palliative - no heroic measures if some major event happens.
I had no idea he was in hospice care since February. In my experience, I thought hospice care was where people go to die quietly with a little bit of dignity that hospitals don’t offer.
They offer it inside the hospital too, it’s a way for you to die while being taken care of. Most people aren’t prepared for providing the type of care they need. Hospice care nurses and doctors are heroes.
Typically people go in when there’s not much time left, but hospice is really just a commitment that you’re not going to bother fighting whatever illness you’ve got or might get. People can go into hospice and stay there a long time, and even come out of it.
That’s a common misconception about hospice. My Dad spent the last year of his life in and out of hospice with the the last 5 months in hospice care. The main difference is hospice is strictly palliative - no heroic measures if some major event happens.
That’s exactly what it is, which is why it’s impressive that he was able to attend this memorial