I have worked as an OT in nursing homes for close to 14 years. Not sure how to say this part but here it goes, working in this type of environment I have to deal with a lot of death and dying issues, including many of those who want to die but " just can't seem to do it." Well, I currently work in a relatively small nursing home, and today we heard over the intercome for a nurse to go to a certain room STAT. All of the therapists including myself all knew who it was. Several minutes later the ambulance came and shortly after that we heard he had passed away. I will not share the rest of the details of how I had to help out, out of respect for him and his family but it definately was not the last image I wanted to have of him or his family. Please know it was not anything that the home did or didn't do. I know it is part of life, and that often around this time of year it is what happens as I have seen it many times before. I just can't seem to shake the image from my mind. My thoughts are with his family. He was a great guy.