THE CRISIS IN ELDER CAREThe Nov. 27/Dec. 4
feature on problems in elder care prompted Harry
Moskos of Knoxville, Tenn., to recall the positive
experiences he and his wife had with hospice for
their parents—while Pam Kampfer of Great Falls,
Mont., wrote that the portrayal of a crisis in the
industry was “scary but
realistic” according to
her late mother’s expe-
rience. Margot Vos,
a registered nurse in
Sonoma, Calif., noted
that not all elder-care
organizations are the
same and that for-profit
and nonprofit hospices
may have different
priorities. “Death
is a mysterious and
magical time for us all,
and there should never
be a price attached to it,” she wrote. Meanwhile,
Edo Banach, president and CEO of the National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, said the
hospices featured in the story were “outliers” but
that “even one bad experience is too many.”Conversation
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