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FWIW - I'm currently a nursing student and I just had my clinical in a Hospice House. I have to say that the facility and those who are in it are AMAZING!!!! They have such gentleness and care with their patients. They promote comfort, offer support to the families and patient, and provide follow-up care as needed. From what I was able to see, care in these facilities only eliminated life-prolonging measures. The goal is to give the patient a dignified and pain-free death.
The focus is not only on the process of dying, but also on the process of grieving. Interesting fact, the volunteers at this place come from families who have had loved ones in the facility for care. To me, that's very telling of how they feel they, and their loved ones, were treated while in the facility.
Whatever happens to your brother, I know that you will be in good hands if the facility is even half of what it was for my clinical.
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