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From the American Cancer Society: If you are told your cancer has advanced, you may want to ask your doctor or health care team about hospice care. You should understand the expected benefits of hospice care, along with any restrictions for treatment or other services if you decide to start hospice care. Here are some general questions to consider asking. (For questions to ask when choosing a hospice service, see Finding a Hospice Program.) Do you think it’s time to consider hospice care? Why or why not? What will hospice offer me that you cannot? What will hospice not be
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The author and actress shares her story about getting a second chance to connect with her parents by Annabelle Gurwitch, AARP, February 18, 2019 The winter I was 5 years old, my parents packed up our wood-paneled station wagon and drove north from our hometown of Mobile, Alabama, to Wilmington, Delaware. We arrived at my aunt’s house with only the suitcases that fit in the car; we didn’t have winter coats or the money to buy them. My mother immediately took to bed in a nylon peignoir set. It wasn’t her bed; it was a twin in my cousin Shari’s
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