Hospice caregivers can give the gift of giving

By Ron King

As caregivers, we often focus on the care and gifts we are able to give.  Giving to a loved one during the last weeks and months of their life is a special privilege.  Preparing the last meal, offering the last drink of water and changing sheets for the last time fills the need we all have to feel useful, to make a difference.  It’s important to be able to offer a gift when we feel helpless against a disease that appears to be greater than our sincere prayers and the doctor’s strongest medicine.

If we find joy in giving when it seems there is so little we can do, how much more important is it for those who are dying to be able to give?