That\u2019s why Julie McFadden\u2019s work is so important. As a palliative care nurse<\/u><\/a> in the Los Angeles area, who has seen over a hundred people die<\/u><\/a>, her videos shed light on the process to make us all a bit more comfortable with the inevitable. McFadden is also the author of the bestseller, \u201cNothing to Fear.\u201d<\/u><\/a> The nurse\u2019s experience helping people in their final stages has given her a unique perspective on the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In one video, she shared how she can see the first symptoms that someone is going to die a natural death about 6 months before they finally do. In other words, she can determine that someone only has half a year left to live when most of us have no idea they have entered the final stages of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n McFadden says that people who are dying are usually placed in hospice care when the symptoms begin to appear around the 6-month mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou will have very generalized symptoms. Those symptoms will usually be, one, you will be less social. So you\u2019ll be more introverted than extroverted,\u201d McFadden said. \u201cTwo, you will be sleeping a lot more. And three, you will be eating and drinking a lot less. Literally, everyone on hospice, I see this happen to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are going to notice more debility,\u201d McFadden continues. \u201cThey will be staying in their house most of the time. It\u2019s going to be difficult getting up and just going to the bathroom. Again, sleeping a lot more and eating and drinking a lot less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something usually begins to happen in the final month of someone\u2019s life. They start to believe they are in contact with others they have lost. It\u2019s like they are there to make the dying person feel comfortable with their final transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUsually around the one month mark is when people will start seeing \u2018the unseen\u2019, they have the visioning. They\u2019ll be seeing dead relatives, dead loved ones, dead pets, old friends who have died,\u201d McFadden said. \u201cAgain, not everyone \u2014 but many, many people will start seeing these things at around one month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Angela Morrow, a registered nurse at Verywell Health, agrees that people in the final stage of life often hear from those who have passed before them. Morrow says we should refrain from correcting the patients when they share their stories of talking to people and pets who have died. \u201cYou might feel frustrated because you can\u2019t know for sure whether they\u2019re hallucinating, having a spiritual experience, or just getting confused. The uncertainty can be unsettling, but it\u2019s part of the process,\u201d Morrow writes.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the video, McFadden says that the most important factors palliative care nurses look at to determine the stage of death are eating, drinking and sleeping. \u201cMost people, a few weeks out from death, will be sleeping more than they are awake. And they will be barely eating and barely drinking,\u201d McFadden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the end, hospice nurses \u201callow the body to be the guide\u201d as they help their patients transition from life to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n McFadden\u2019s work has brought a lot of peace to her followers as they go through trying times. \u201cMy mom is in hospice right now and she\u2019s currently, I think, hours or days from death. YourTikToks have helped me out tremendously,\u201d Deb wrote. \u201cMy grandma passed away in February, and she experienced all of this. this page brings me peace knowing everything she went through was natural,\u201d Jaida added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThanks, Julie. I volunteer in a hospice end-of-life facility, and this helps educate the families. Your posts are wonderful,\u201d Grandma Nita wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the things that makes death so scary is the number of unknowns surrounding the process, so it\u2019s important that McFadden shares her stories of helping people to the next side. She shows that death is a natural process and that hospice nurses are here to help make the transition as peaceful as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even 6 months ahead of time, there are signs. 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What are the signs a person is dying at the 6-month mark?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What are the signs a person is dying at the 1-month mark?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n