Hospice? For Mom?

It sounded so ominous, so final, so profoundly sad

Mom at South Beach Manor Memory Care, one of her simpler quilts in BG. Photo by the author.

Caller ID indicated the call was from the office of my mother’s primary care provider.

Mom’s plummet into the abyss of Alzheimer’s was gathering momentum when she lost her husband of 72 years. Although the ancient love birds had lived in the apartment for nearly two years, Mom never considered Sea Aire Assisted Living…