People often do not avail themselves of hospice care available to patients and families dealing with terminal illness because they don't understand what it entails. Clayton provides firsthand accounts of patients, family members, hospice workers, and others to illustrate the advantages of hospice care. Each account addresses some aspect of helping families through the caregiving and grieving processes, and offers comfort and understanding to readers who may be going through similar experiences. -- adapted from publisher info.

First visits by the social worker -- Hospice care at home -- Caring for the caregiver -- Hospice in a place you call home -- Finding meaning -- Dramatic challenges -- Social isolation -- Saying goodbye -- Remembering -- Mixed feelings about end-of-life care -- Making good end-of-life decisions -- Reflections.