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Faye Douglas chose to die at home rather than risk dying alone in hospital when COVID-19 hit – ABC News
Like many elderly Australians, Faye Douglas chose to die at home rather than risk dying alone in hospital when COVID-19 hit. Her daughter Jennifer tells how she held her hand on the pathway to death.
Losing my mother to the ravages of cancer during the worst pandemic in a century was tantamount to finding myself living in my worst nightmare.
The thought of Mum dying alone in hospital, unable to be held and comforted in her final days by the daughters who adored her, was too unbearable to contemplate.
So, like thousands of other families especially in Melbourne where COVID-19 restrictions were heaviest my sisters and I decided that Mum should spend her last months in her own home surrounde…
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