[Magdalen] Hospice?

[Grace Cangialosi]

I couldn't agree more, Capers.

> On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:05 PM, Capers Limehouse <capers.limehouse at comcast.net> wrote:
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> In my former world as a chaplain I saw many times the strength and caring Hospice can bring. I agree that not for profits are usually better. And if you get a bad vibe fire them. But I experienced those situations to be rare. As always prayers.
> Capers
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Feb 16, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
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>>> On 16/02/2015 19:15, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>> It was very good for my mom, and seems to be doing excellent things for our
>>> own Brudder Jon.
>> 
>> I think the essential value of hospice care is that it is realistically supportive.  I note that Dame Cicely Saunders, who started the modern hospice movement, began her professional career as a nurse before becoming a social worker and then a doctor.  As such she was uniquely qualified to develop the approach of holistic care that enables someone to continue to operate as effectively as possible for as long as possible.
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>> That being there with and for the patient strikes me as being the core of nursing care.  As a priest, and as someone who has visited members of their own family in hospital, I value the gentle honesty that nurses offer when talking about those in their care - naturally within appropriate professional constraints.
>> 
>> Roger