life before death

i’m writing a memo for the hospice service as my PR writing homework.

it’s definitely not the best thing to read up on at this hour.

“For most of our lives, we do not care to think about death. We are protected by the busyness of our lives and the idea that we are somehow exempt from death until we reach an advanced age, contact a terminal illness, meet with an accident… or until we face the demise of a loved one. Death points to us to the unpredictability and fragility of life – physical and emotional suffering one undergoes when one faces death can be daunting and despairing. Yet one must not lose hope. No one should have to face the end of life alone, without any support. A dignified and pain-free death is possible, in more ways than one.”

www.lifebeforedeath.org.sg

It just dawn upon me that the suggested “health center” by the doctors for us to put up my grandfather was a hospice center.