Will hospice help me understand what my loved one can and cannot hear?

Will hospice help me understand what my loved one can and cannot hear?

David Kessler (Director of Palliative Care, Citrus Valley Health Partners and Hospice) gives expert video advice on: What physical signs will indicate that my loved one is dying?; How will hospice make my loved one more comfortable before death?; How do I explain death to my children? and more...

Hospice will make sure that you understand in your loved ones that oftentimes they can still hear. Often families still have something to say to their loved one. So, we stress to families that hearing is often the last sense to go, and that we want to make sure that conversations we're having are conversations we would be OK with our loved one hearing. If there's still something you want to say to your loved one, say it to them. Say it to them out loud or say it to them just quietly inside yourself. Know that if you truly say something from your heart they'll hear it in their heart, whether or not they're still awake or not.