Hospice Is All About Living- Upcoming holiday season is the perfect time to monitor care for those you love.

(Via SNJ Today) “Please pass the potatoes. And how about hospice?” Certainly, the middle of Thanksgiving dinner might not be the best timing to talk about end-of-life care, but as extended families gather this holiday season, the weekend can be an opportune time for folks to make their wishes known well in advance.

“Look, this is not a comfortable discussion, but it’s important and we need to have it. It’s usually not a one and done discussion,” says Dan Mikus, CEO of Angelic Health, an organization that provides hospice and palliative care across the region. Mikus suggests that you ask family members to think about it and circle back to it in a few weeks.

“When we’re older, we all have our own ideas of how we want to go,” he notes. “Offer your own feelings. ‘What are your thoughts about that?’ ” This encourages an open dialogue. It is good to make wishes clear and to put it in writing. Continue reading…