10 signs death is near on Hospice

[Crystalquartz]

My Mum died today, everything you said, Nurse Julie, was correct! She was 95 and in the final stages of Alzheimer's. 10 days before she died I noticed the "death reach", talking about my Dad who died 6 months ago and wanting to "go home, as people were waiting". 3 days before she died, she had "terminal lucidity" and was very animated and chatty ... only to decline straight afterwards. THANK YOU JULIE for helping me to recognise that her death was near. It was still a shock and I miss her already ....

[anthonyerueti]

Thank you lady I have learnt more about dying from you than doctors. Preachers and priests,

[Lbehti]

My mom died a week ago. Did not want to eat or drink, constantly removing her gown and oxygen, talking about dead relatives, had the death rattle, looking at something next to me, I knew it was someone who passed before, maybe my dad. Also reaching out at night above her head. I witnessed this on our night camera. That one surprised me. She finally died peacefully and quietly. Gos bless her soul.

[charlottebezuidenhout]

This is such an important channel..thank you for preparing and reassuring us in a very difficult and confusing time.

[diane]

My mom looked to a corner on the opposite side of the room from where I was seated next to her. She clearly said Don, which was my dad's name after not talking at all for 3 days prior to her passing. She passed 2 days after saying his name. My two sisters and I were there by her side all the time as well as her 2 sisters. For the first time, very early in the morning the only people that were there was her sisters. She chose that time to die. It was also a leap year, so she passed on February 29th. It felt like she picked that time and day to spare her daughter's as much pain and grief as possible. Miss her so much!

[amarenee]

Hi Nurse Julie,
About 2 weeks before my husband passed away he told me he was hallucinating! He knew he was seeing things that were not there so I told him he could tell me what he was seeing and I would help him through it. One time he told me he saw a big boat and an island in our back yard Another time I was across the room and he told me to grab the sombrero before it fell. I reached out and asked if I had the sombrero and he calmly said “It’s not there is it?” He never said he saw his father, mother or son who had all passed away years before he became sick. But he didn’t believe in the afterlife so he might not have recognized or wanted to believe he was actually seeing them.
Thought you might like to know that he was completely aware that he was hallucinating in the final weeks of his life.
Also in the final hours of his life his lungs filled with fluid and his breathing was more like suffocating then the other examples I’ve seen in your videos. He was lucid and begging me to end his suffering. In his final hours when he couldn’t talk he was begging with his eyes. In the final 5 minutes of his life his heart and breathing stopped and restarted twice before both finally stopped completely. It was horrible to watch.
But I was also with my mother in 2000 when she passed away after a massive stroke and it was a completely different experience. I understood she was brain dead and felt her soul was gone many days before she took her last breath. It was like waiting for her body to realize she was no longer there.
I truly hope I never have to watch a loved one die again but if I do I feel I will be better prepared thanks to your videos. Thank you so much for making these and I hope you will be able to keep up this wonderful work for all of us

[surgicaltoolboxrnhealthbea]

My mom was talking about her mom and grandmother like they were alive. She then told me the dreams about them seem to be so real that it was convincing. I believe it’s visitation of their real spirits. She also looked so young and beautiful the last time I spoke with her. The transition look she was almost in heaven where everyone is young and beautiful. She was glowing.

[howardwhitney]

Please don't stop what you are doing. Your are helping people.

[kimeverhart]

Your videos are very helpful and will be very helpful to people who are/will be going through this time with their loved ones.
Thank you for talking so openly and lovingly about a once difficult subject for many to face.

[jjsc]

The aspect that fascinates me the most is the calling out for relations who've passed. With my Dad is was my little brother, and his favourite dog, among others. As if they were there. Fortunately for nurses they're generally unfamiliar with the familial connections/relations, as even more than the physical, it can be one of the most deeply heartbreaking, yet somehow comforting, aspects of passing. For relations and friends....truly a confusing time of conflicting emotions.

[ipsilago]

I was with both my parents when they died and they had all these signs. It was sad but we were happy they went to a better place where they weren't sick or old..

[JudiHimEver]

We just got word that my mom is entering the final stages. She is on hospice. She’s not eating, drinking or communicating. When she does, she’s so weak she can barely mumble. Your videos are so helpful to be reassured it’s all normal. 💔

[TallulahBelle]

Thank you, Julie.
You are one of our Earth Angels. We are so very Blessed to have you. ✨💝🌍💝✨
I want to become a death doula. I started looking into it when my sisters and I were taking care of our Mother. She had Alzheimer’s. We took care of her at home so we knew we were going to have hospice at home for her. She transitioned a year before I found you but I found myself drawn to watching you anyway. I believe in my heart that she wanted me to watch you because through watching your excellent content I’m comforted in knowing we did everything right. Besides that, we all have to face death in our lives. The more you know 🎶 ❤
It’s been a year and a half since our beloved Mother transitioned. I’m still grieving. Watching you helps me. I thank you for that. 💝💯👍🏽

[howardwhitney]

Thank you for your insight. It had been 17 years since she passed away. She was and always be my one and only. You may not know that you are helping people but you are. I dis not understand the cycle of death but I am starting to understand how it works. Again thank you.

[wednesdayswithwatsonpodcas]

Thank you for your work here. My mom just passed from posterior Cortical Atrophy. It was and 8 year battle, and 18 days after she stopped eating and drinking. I watched hours of your videos, they helped so much. Thank you. ❤️

[pennyloafer]

My dad said he saw his parents and he was always reaching up and to the left. I heard somewhere that the left is more common than the right, but maybe that's because most people are right handed and reach left? My dad was left handed though lol. Anyway, his parents had a very acrimonious marriage and separation / divorce thirty years prior. My grandfather went rogue and vanished for eight years, during which time my grandmother died from stress. It comforted me that he saw them together, seemingly at peace together, waiting for him. That was something he'd never seen in his life. Another thing was that he could see across the courtyard of the hospital to the windows on the other wing, and he thought he was on cruise ship. He really liked his cruise ship. That was cool to see. :)

[danamcgarry]

Have witnessed these changes with loved ones. Our culture has so much to learn about the dying process. The first time, I expected a more scheduled process and finally realized death happens when it happens, much like a birth.

[informationwarfare]

When my father was dying he talked about being in places as if he in his early adult years. He was 82 when he died.

[andrewjoyce]

My dad would talk about his mother a few weeks before his death. He died a week ago from lung infection and brain tumour. He slept for 5 days straight. He didn't eat or drink. He had parkinsons as well so he would reach out anyway. I miss him dearly

[carolynsuchan]

I am still thinking about the terminal agitation that my husband went through. He passed away Two years ago and I’m still feeling guilty about what he went through during his death. He kept us on our toes. He was constantly taking his socks off and somtimes his clothes. He would set up and pull the oxygen cords from the wall, trying to get out of bed. He never slept and we were constantly calling the Hospice nurse to see what we could do. They kept trying different meds for him, but every change seemed to make him worse. It goes on and on. If it wouldn’t have been fir my children helping me and staying at night, I don’t know what I would have done,
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