"One of the nurses said to my daughter, 'You know, it's really an honor for us to take care of your mother,' and for my daughter, it really meant a tremendous, it really meant a lot," Robert said.
Less than two months after his beloved Sarah's death, Robert visits with her nurses.
"A great part of it is not only the pills and the medicine, but it's the human relationship," Robert said.
They couldn't save her, but their care and kindness is helping a husband through the most difficult time in his life.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Local News Reports on End of Life Conversations
Two recent local reports on end-of-life care discussions feature video segments. First, New England Cable News talks with VNA Care Network & Hospice about hospice and the difficulty in starting a conversation about end-of-life care. The report also relates to a recent study by Harvard Medical School about delays in these conversations between doctors and their patients. Another report out of Washington, D.C. interviews the husband of a woman who was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and received care at Georgetown University Hospital, where nurses were surveyed recently about their perceptions of the quality of end-of-life care provided at the hospital.
