They offer palliative care as well. It is not so much to prolong life but not to shorten it either. It is very faith based.
Been there. But palliative care is a blessing. That is what it is about. The whole person. Physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Not only for the patients, but their loved ones as well.Sorry I wrote it that way, Michie. I'm still touchy about this one. I just recently lost my beloved aunt and it still torments me. Was there more we could've done that we didn't do/didn't know to do? She was physically, emotionally, and likely spiritually suffering so much, she really wanted to end it all, even by her own hand. She desperately wanted it all to just stop. We did the best we could, but the best we could sometimes just isn't good enough.
My husband reminds me that if anything more was done, we'd've only prolonged her pain. He's right (I hate it that he's right), but prolonging her pain is the very last thing I'd want to do. When you're face to face with this issue with someone you love so much, it's not hard to see the point of view of those who wish assisted suicide legal, as rotten as that sounds. You too just want it to end because you don't want your loved one hurting that much anymore.
Obviously, we didn't have access to this. She didn't even have access to religious personnel (a priest/pastor/anything). All we had was your typical convalescent home staff who were way too eager to free the room so someone with other-than-Medicaid insurance could move in. What my aunt had was so cold. I was thinking how nice it would have been for my aunt and her family if we had something like Divine Mercy to help ALL of us.
She passed on almost 2 years ago, and it only gets me hard on anniversary dates, her birthday, things like that. Most of the time, I'm okay.
She passed on almost 2 years ago, and it only gets me hard on anniversary dates, her birthday, things like that. Most of the time, I'm okay.
