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Hospice Nurse Comforts the Dying and Bereaved through Her Work and New Book.<\/p>\n

For nearly two decades, hospice nurse Elissa Al-Chokhachy has listened to people talk about experiences that defy reason. After a death, their loved one comes to them through sight, sound, touch, smell or a sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cOriginally, I thought it was really rare that people had these experiences of loved ones after they die,\u201d said Al-Chokhachy, 56, a board-certified hospice and palliative care nurse. \u201cI can now say it\u2019s quite common…<\/p>\n

By Jody Feinberg
\nThe Patriot Ledger<\/p>\n

© 2010 – 2019, Lekatt<\/a>. All rights reserved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hospice Nurse Comforts the Dying and Bereaved through Her Work and New Book.<\/p>\n

For nearly two decades, hospice nurse Elissa Al-Chokhachy has listened to people talk about experiences that defy reason. After a death, their loved one comes to them through sight, sound, touch, smell or a sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cOriginally, I thought it was really rare […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1768],"tags":[2003,12,57,2004,58,1999,2000,11,2001,2002],"class_list":["post-3674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ndes-in-the-news","tag-after-death","tag-afterlife","tag-death","tag-death-experiences","tag-dying","tag-elissa-al-chokhachy","tag-hospice-nurse","tag-near-death-experiences","tag-palliative-care","tag-sees-loves-ones","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nHospice Nurse Comforts the Dying - Lekatt Thoughtful Living<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/archives\/3674\/hospice-nurse-comforts-the-dying\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hospice Nurse Comforts the Dying - Lekatt Thoughtful Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hospice Nurse Comforts the Dying and Bereaved through Her Work and New Book. 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