Archive Monthly Archives: May 2015
The Celestial Care Way
When the call came through, the caller said, “Please call me regarding care for my mother.” On the phone was the daughter of a 90–year–old woman. Her mother had a heart ailment, and then suffered a hip fracture. The daughter was on a mission to get her mother home. Subsequently, I arrived at the hospital room, and […]
Read More »Striking similarity of dying words
Longtime hospice nurse believes patients are glimpsing the afterlife Maggie Callanan has witnessed more than 2,000 deaths. In 27 years as a hospice nurse, the Massachusetts–based author and speaker cared for people of all ages and widely divergent backgrounds as they reached the end of their lives. But if they spoke as they neared death, […]
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