| More thoughts for you.... Hospice is really a service or a level of care/treatment as anything else. Not every community will have in-patient stand-alone hospice facilities. Some skilled nursing facilities are more into rehabilitation after illness/injury, and some are better at palliative care, which is what you want. The hospice service overlays the nursing care at the facility. You can get hospice care in a hospital, as well. The best sources of information are the hospice group I mentioned in the earlier post, and also the social workers/discharge workers in the hospital. Is he in the hospital right now? If so, you'll have excellent resources from the social workers. They are great. I work with several people who are hospice volunteer workers, and they are there for you, as much as for the patient. You need the emotional support as well as the patient needs care. Please don't neglect this very important part of the job you are doing--- take care of yourself. Ask the hospice for a volunteer who can help you thru these trying times. There is help out there, just start talking to everyone you can. I wish you strength. Helene | 
