As death approaches, patients give daughters in marriage, decide to go skydiving, and reveal sexual peccadillos.The caregiver sits and listens.
Secrets Unfold in Hospice
![At a patient's daughter's wedding, Cameron Hogg said a nurse loaned her wedding ring. When the priest asked who gives away the bride, the proud father pulled off his oxygen mask and said, "I do." (VOA / D. Taylor) ](https://gdb.voanews.com/bc4d41fd-bbba-4a6f-96fb-7c3ece605caa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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At a patient's daughter's wedding, Cameron Hogg said a nurse loaned her wedding ring. When the priest asked who gives away the bride, the proud father pulled off his oxygen mask and said, "I do." (VOA / D. Taylor)
![A 92-year-old patient described his past sex life to palliative caregiver Rian Venter. "Nobody in the family wants to hear about that ... we can talk about that," said Venter. (VOA / D. Taylor)](https://gdb.voanews.com/7f90b809-1914-4af0-a824-8b17328a91b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A 92-year-old patient described his past sex life to palliative caregiver Rian Venter. "Nobody in the family wants to hear about that ... we can talk about that," said Venter. (VOA / D. Taylor)
![Patients share their 'bucket lists' of final desires with their hospice caregivers. One patient decided to go bungee jumping and sky diving. (VOA / D. Taylor)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d385b956-dd65-496d-a179-1df923f3bd47_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Patients share their 'bucket lists' of final desires with their hospice caregivers. One patient decided to go bungee jumping and sky diving. (VOA / D. Taylor)