This article was one of Herald Lifestyle’s best-read stories of 2024. A hospice nurse has lifted the lid and revealed the six “unimaginable” things that happen to someone when they are on their deathbed. Registered Los Angeles nurse and author Julie McFadden specialises in hospice care, and has dealt with hundreds of people who are in the process of dying.
The 41-year-old has taken to social media, building a following of millions, to share insights into the process of “death and dying” and help destigmatise the things people at the end of their life experience. McFadden explained that there are six phenomena surrounding death that she was initially uncomfortable sharing until she witnessed them for herself..
