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Hospice Tails – The important role animals play in our lives to the end

Hospice Tails: the companion animals that travel with hospice patients and their families by Debra L. Stang is a short, easy-to-read book of 14 stories about hospice patients and their beloved furry and even scaly animals.

hospice queues it’s about the important role that animals play in people’s lives to the end.

  • We learn how King, the 100-pound pitbull-rottweiler hybrid, protects and comforts 95-pound Lisa while thinking she’s a lapdog! We read about the author and hospice social worker, Debra’s ability to overcome her fear of both King and the albino corn snake wrapped around her arm. Pretty impressive for a cat “purr-son!”
  • We’re in awe when Kim, a Vietnam veteran and surgical nurse, walks up and “sees” her beloved poodle-mix, Blue, welcoming her back with her last breath.
  • We can’t help but laugh when we realize that Hal, having a hard time talking after two strokes, doesn’t want to pet the furry bunny, he wants to chase it!
  • Gus’s family shows up at the nursing home with Lightning, their beloved horse. (Yes, you read that right!)
  • We learn of the important role Frankie the chihuahua plays as he jumps higher than he’s ever jumped before to wake up his exhausted caretaker, Alex, before Glenn draws his last breath. And then there’s Louisa, who has a strict “No Pets in the House” policy. Debra is given a lint brush to remove cat hair from her clothes before entering Louisa’s immaculate home. After Louisa’s husband dies, Louisa keeps a secret.
  • Animals are important members of the family. Social worker and author Debra and the hospice nurse know this when they gain their client’s trust after comforting a restless Screwball.

These shorts from Hospice Tails are inspiring and FUN. Debra serves clients as diverse as animal family members who play an important role in helping families cope with the end of life.

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