Non profit? for profit?

There is a blogpost with some interesting points and comments that I’d like you to read, The Danger of For-Profit Hospices.

The title alone gave me chills, did it do it to you too? I guess in some people’s minds, only those working in non-profits have the hospice heart, or give the best service and of course that is not true. It totally depends on the company.

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Got Hospice?

I wanted to revisit a study that came out 2 years ago (in case any of you missed it). I remember I had been looking for quite awhile for a study that would validate what we know in hospice–that if you come into hospice sooner, you have a good chance of living longer.

There was not one. The closest I came to was an article written by a doctor stating another doctor Read the story »

Breathing patterns

When someone is dying a natural death, there is a breathing pattern that usually happens. It goes something like this: a deep breath or 2, then holding it, followed by a shallow breath or 2, and so on. It is an uneven pattern of inhales and exhales. It can be scary if you don’t know it is coming.

Another thing that happens is as the person gets closer to death, the time between inhales widens. When breaths are towards

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