Prolonging Living or Prolonging Dying?

sevmom
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 23:01:18 +0000

My MIL spent 14 months in hospice. She hung on much longer than was anticipated. Was in a memory care unit. As @teriwtt says, sometimes there is an improvement with hospice initially when dementia is involved. She died at 91 after a long, slow decline. Very painful to watch.