My mom on hospice just went to a home

I have been taking care of my 84 year old mom on hospice and working full time for the last 2 years. She just had to go to a nursing home yesterday because she needs so much more care than I can do. I feel like such a failure. She wanted to die at home. We had different people come to the house to help and now no one will come and I feel like I am all alone now.

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tobynshorty · 51-55, F

It’s very hard to take care of a hospice patient. When I was told my Mother was terminal I brought her home to die. She would never have been comfortable in a facility.

She lived two weeks and it seemed like the best two weeks of her life.

We got to talk, really talk and that was a blessing for all of us.