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]]> By: MaryAnn http://www.elderguru.com/download-the-your-life-your-choices-planning-for-future-medical-decisions-workbook/comment-page-1/#comment-737 MaryAnn Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:51:24 +0000 http://www.elderguru.com/?p=1145#comment-737 Hello Elder Guru, Your site looks to have much of value and practical use. Discovered it by following the link included in your comment to "A Mother's Decision to Die" in today's NYT. My father transitioned, died this past friday and I wish I had known about this site during his illness. Thankfully, partly due to his aversion to hospitals etc. and his strength of will to avoid same, he only spent 8 1/2 days in hospital. Much of that time could be described as the antithesis of comfort care. Do hospitals even have that concept in their model of care? Thankfully, there was dignity at the end and the staff on duty that last morning and afternoon were compassionate and kind. Finally, there was peace in the air that had seemed so hurried and hectic the preceding days, due no doubt to short staffing and some degree of burnout in some nurses. One of my observations is that medical care has seemed to have devolved to a "hands off" practice, no comforting touches from staff to patient. Sad. Hello Elder Guru, Your site looks to have much of value and practical use. Discovered it by following the link included in your comment to “A Mother’s Decision to Die” in today’s NYT. My father transitioned, died this past friday and I wish I had known about this site during his illness. Thankfully, partly due to his aversion to hospitals etc. and his strength of will to avoid same, he only spent 8 1/2 days in hospital. Much of that time could be described as the antithesis of comfort care. Do hospitals even have that concept in their model of care? Thankfully, there was dignity at the end and the staff on duty that last morning and afternoon were compassionate and kind. Finally, there was peace in the air that had seemed so hurried and hectic the preceding days, due no doubt to short staffing and some degree of burnout in some nurses. One of my observations is that medical care has seemed to have devolved to a “hands off” practice, no comforting touches from staff to patient. Sad.

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