Laura Ingraham said a hospice treated her mother well, and I'm glad that your father had a good experience with his hospice, but they are not all "angels," as you put it.
Certainly they were not in Woodside, Pinellas County, so I would be very wary of a hospice that was not run by pro-life people.
My sister told me about a friend of hers who was dying of cancer, so my sister and some friends, and a priest got together and prayed for this woman. After the prayer get together, the woman felt better, her spirits were raised, her appetite returned, and she asked her mom to make her a sandwich.
Later a woman from hospice came, and told the woman's mom to leave them alone. When the mother came back into the room, her daughter was depressed again, and soon after died. The hospice woman took away all hope, and I don't understand what's wrong with a little hope to get you through something. Sometimes miracles do happen.
Also, please read this:
http://www.hospicepatients.org/knowing-the-death-dealers.html
"used to think hospice people were angels.. but from all the research I've been doing lately, I can see they are death obsessed.."
Well, I may have used "They are angels" the same way Awestruck used "They are death obsessed..." It is broadbrushing and I don't feel that it is at all accurate... I don't know who trained the hospice workers that saw your sister's friend and frankly, if what she said happened EXACTLY as she says it did, there is a majot problem there.
Before Terri Schiavo's case got as public as it did, i honestly had heard nothing but "Thank God for hospice..." and "Hospice helped us so much through one of our toughest times.." And now, it just doesn't sit well with me when I hear "...they're all death obsessed..." after doing "some research"... I'm sure people could do "some research" on the Catholic Church and suddenly priests are "...all pedophiles..." I just don't like the way this is going, we could be up all night debating this.... I mean, Woodside Hospice has been helping and treating how many thousands of people during the toughest times of their lives. Terri Schiavo finds herself there and you seem to feel now that they are of the "death obsessed" variety...
I didn't mean to put those exact words in your mouth, Sun but, I think you see where I'm coming from.... thanks for contributing back to me... :)
Dave