Try: Do not take the cr cr’s withdrawal personally it is a natural part of the dying process tell the cr cr’s friends and family that they should not take it personally either even though the cr is withdrawing continue to include him or her in conversations and activities going on in the room the cr may be able to still hear and understand what is being said encourage the cr cr’s friends and family to do the same read and talk to the cr even if it appears that he or she can’t hear touch the cr in ways that would be normal and acceptable to the cr throughout the entire dying process allow the cr the freedom to walk his or her own journey

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Categories: Communication, Emotional Psychological, Social, Spiritual

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Keywords: Death dying end of life hospice terminal illness terminally ill social withdrawal

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed