» The Mother House of the Sisters of St. Joseph, which serves as a retirement, assisted living, and nursing home for its elderly and infirm sisters, may be a model for a fruitful old age, and - most importantly -
a better way to die. "Through a combination of philosophy and happenstance, 'they have better deaths than any I've ever seen.'" - Dr. Robert C. McCann, a geriatrician at the University of Rochester.
"There is a time to die and a way to do that with reverence," said Sister Mary Lou, 56, a former nurse. "Hospitals should not be meccas for dying. Dying belongs at home, in the community. We built this place with that in mind."
Even absent the religious belief, this seems to me like an ideal way to live out the end of one's life.
