Hospice care is often misunderstood
12/25/23 at 04:00 AM
Hospice care is often misunderstood
Dallas Morning News, By Tyra Damm, 12/23/23
When Rosalynn Carter died this November, it came only a couple of days after her family announced that she had entered hospice care. Meanwhile, her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, has been under hospice care since February. Their paths to the same kind of health care illustrate the distinctions and difficulties in how and when patients and their loved ones make such crucial decisions.
[Editor’s Note: The author is a middle school teacher in Frisco and a frequent contributor to The Dallas Morning News.]