dying alone

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Who Cares?

Gloria Faye Brown Bates @GrannyGee (3517) • Louisburg, North Carolina 26 Mar 20

I woke up with a scared feeling in the pit of my stomach this morning. The longer I stayed up, the worse it became. I told Skip I needed to lay down ... go back to sleep. I did lay back down ... just like when I lost my son...

do not resuscitate

the strong survives

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Another Client Has Passed

ElusiveButterfly @ElusiveButterfly (45941) • United States 31 Aug 16

A few months ago, one of my clients had surgery. It would take 6-8 hours for the surgery to be completed. She was worried sick over it. We talked about it and I tried to get her to think positively about it. The day of her...

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What if you are living alone?

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 11 Sep 15

Death visits anyone, at any time, at any age, anywhere. I lost my cousin a few years ago. She died alone in her house and was discovered only after 3 days. Young or old we never know when it will happen. What is it that you would...

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Elderly neighbours who live alone....

dana234 @dana234 (2114) • Spain 16 May 07

There are so many old people who live alone. Some don´t have a family or friends. Where I live, only too often old people die in their homes without anyone noticing their absence. People only ever phone the police when they...

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dying alone, are you worried about this?

joey_matthews @joey_matthews (8354) 8 Mar 07

I can honestly say "yes". I've had nightmares of waking up as a elderly person, who watches out the window while families, children and buses etc go by and I'm sat doing the same thing. Yeah, I know it's not something I...

watching life pass

worrying if family really care

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