The Gift of the Long Goodbye
By Jody NolandNovember is National Hospice Palliative Care Month. In honor of the incredible people who serve others in this beautiful way, I am reposting a message from earlier in 2014.
“It’s time for hospice care.” Those words initially hit like a sledgehammer on the hopes of a patient and their loved ones. Translation: “prepare for death.” Yet what initially seems like the worst possible prognosis also offers the possibility of an incredibly meaningful time because it gives people the chance to say goodbye.