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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my dad went through hospice (at a hospice facility) I was horrified at the process as I didn't completely understand it at the time.  I felt like he was OD'd on morphine, which he was, but I didn't understand the science of dying.  I also thought they starved/dehydrated him to death, which they did, but again I didn't know that was part of the process of  death.

OTOH, my mom did hospice at my sister's house and as I saw her dying every weekend I began to better understand the process and felt better about the way dad  died.  Like your family member, mom stopped eating about 3 weeks before death.

I could give more details, but just want to prepare you.[/quote]

I posted above about Casey house and yes you do have to know what is going to happen.  Patients can eat and drink if they can do so independently.  Otherwise they are kept comfortable.  It is something that is difficult to watch but also an act of kindness for a person at the end.[/quote]

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