EXCLUSIVE End-of-life carers reveal dying words they hear most - and patients' most common regrets READ MORE: Nurses share patients' hilarious and heartbreaking final words By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:05 BST, 27 July 2024 | Updated: 14:05 BST, 27 July 2024 e-mail View comments When a person enters hospice care, they understand death is around corner. Chaplains have the grave responsibility of spiritually guiding dying patients to their final moments, listening to their concerns and their fears.
While everyone’s final moments differ, hospice chaplains and nurses have said most people approach their death with ‘radical acceptance.' People who are actively dying also often have a newfound sense of clarity about the universe and may even get a temporary burst of energy or sudden moments of clarity if they have dementia. The last words of patients are typically telling relatives they love them, wishing they had spent less of their life working, and assuring family that they’re going to be ok.
Chaplains told DailyMail.com that people in the midst of dying want to be surrounded by loved ones and pets. Their last words are often words of love and pleas for forgiveness, as well as voicing of regrets like working too much Rev Catherine Duncan has helped guide thousands of patients and their families to death’s door It’s a hard job, and no one knows it better than Rev Catherine Duncan, who has helped guide thousands of patients an.