I agree with your observations here Morticiah. Generally the low pay and low supervision makes for very poor care but, like you, I was very lucky to witness my Dad's final weeks of care in a Hospice which really couldn't have been better. Stunning contrast to what I was witnessing in a General Hospital where I was doing a clinical placement at the time. There was a man dying of the same condition as my Dad but their two experiences were so very different. I wish I could have swept him off to the Hospice.