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feisunpr edictabl
e.Wecannev erknowwhatwi l
lhappentoourlivesasthetime
passby.Eachofusar egivenachancet oli
vel onger
,whilesomeofusdoesn' t.Whena
personisdiagnosedwi t
hat erminali
l
lnessandi sgivenanexpectancyofsixmont hsor
l
esst ol
ive,itisti
met oconcentr
ateont hetypeofcar etheywil
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lal
sobet he
ti
meaper sonandt hei
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ledhospicecare.So,fr
om thi
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webinar
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ovidedmeaf oundati
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on.

Basi call
y,themeani ngofhospi cei stopr ovi
decar et oaper sonwhoi st erminal l
yil
l.
Hospicedoesnotspeeduporpost ponedeat h.Hospi cei sat y
peofcar et hatpr ovides
serv
icest oimpr ovethequalit
yofl ifeforthepat i
entandf amily.Wi t
hhospi cecar e,bot h
thepatientandcar egiv
erwoul dbepr ovi
dedwi t
hsuppor tandopt i
mal care.Butbey ond
thi
sdef i
ni ti
on,hospicecar eoffersmuchmor ethant hat .So,Ireall
yfindt hist opic
i
nteresting.Justi maginingbeingt oldthaty ouhav eat erminal di
seaseandt haty ou
haveal imi t
edamountoft imebef or eyoudi e.Thiswoul dbeadev astatingnewst hat
wouldcauseal otofstressandbr i
nghopel essnesst othepat i
entandhi sorherf ami ly.
Butwi t
hhospi cecare,therewillbeaheal thcar eteam, thatwouldbet heref ory ouand
yourfami l
ytohel pyoucopeup.I nmybel i
ef ,
event houghy oualreadyhav ea" duedat e"
ofyourlife,itdoesn'tmeani tistheend.Youst i
llhavet hechancet olive,itjustlimited
andy ouhav etomaket hemostoutofi t
,insteadofj ustwai ti
ngf oryourt i
me.Li feisn't
abouthowl ongy ouli
ve,buthowy ouspendi tmeani ngfully.

Hospiceexistsinthehopeandbel ieft hat,

throughpr opercareandt he
encouragementofacar ingandsensit
ivet eam, patientsandtheirfamil
iesmaybef r
ee
toachievesomel evel
ofment alandspiri
tual preparationfordeaththatiscomf or
tabl
e
tothem; andnur sesaretheoneshav i
ngt hespeci al abil
i
tyoftouchtof ul
fi
llthat
responsi
bilit
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thi
swebinarmakesmemor eproudofmyf uturecar eer
.It
mademer eal
izethatwithtenderl
ovi
ngcar e,wecanbeabl etotouchthelivesofot her
s,
whichwhatmakesnur sesuniquefr
om ot herpr ofession.