If you’ve enjoyed views of the Davis Mountains for most of your life, it seems only right that you should get to spend your final days amid those familiar vistas. But many terminally ill patients in the Big Bend region find themselves shuttled off to nursing facilities in El Paso or Midland or elsewhere—far from everything and everyone they know and lucky to have a window, let alone scenic surroundings. Comprehensive hospice care, which prioritizes a patient’s comfort at the end of life, hadn’t been available in the region since the nineties, when the service was discontinued because of financial difficulties. Then last year, Angels Care Hospice, a Midland-based provider, noticed the need in Brewster County, where those age 65 or older make up a…
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