How do we prepare for end of life? Do your family members know how you want to be handled when you die? They should know and you should tell them. Have you set up a way for disbursement of whatever you will leave when you die? Perhaps that should be done now.
How will you know when an elderly is soon to die? There are signs, among them are when a person begins to see long deceased family members, another is when a person begins to reach up from the bed for the sky above. The first sign here means death within a week or so, the second means death is imminent. I only know these things from being at hospitals and seeing it first hand.
Another thing I had personal experience with was this. My father was sick and in the hospital 85 miles away. I was still working 5-6 days a week. I would spend the weekend visiting him. One Sunday evening I was leaving for home and work the next day. I said goodbye and I'll see you next weekend as I had before, only that time he said, "I will be dead by next weekend." I thought he was just being dad and wanting me to feel guilty, as was his way. It turned out he was correct that time. He died in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Had I known he really was serious I would not have left his side.
Copyright Bill Weber 2006-2019 and beyond.
How will you know when an elderly is soon to die? There are signs, among them are when a person begins to see long deceased family members, another is when a person begins to reach up from the bed for the sky above. The first sign here means death within a week or so, the second means death is imminent. I only know these things from being at hospitals and seeing it first hand.
Another thing I had personal experience with was this. My father was sick and in the hospital 85 miles away. I was still working 5-6 days a week. I would spend the weekend visiting him. One Sunday evening I was leaving for home and work the next day. I said goodbye and I'll see you next weekend as I had before, only that time he said, "I will be dead by next weekend." I thought he was just being dad and wanting me to feel guilty, as was his way. It turned out he was correct that time. He died in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Had I known he really was serious I would not have left his side.
Copyright Bill Weber 2006-2019 and beyond.
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