AlevCare has given me a gift that will enable me to live the rest of my life without guilt and remorse. I have only a feeling of calm when I reflect on how AlevCare cared for my Mom in her final days.As exhaustion from sleep deprivation and mental fatigue set in to family care givers or single caregiver, decisions that should be obvious, become difficult to make. Making the decision of turning ones dying Mother or loved one, over to complete strangers while in this foggy state of mind is very very difficult. However, at some point, this must occur or there will soon be two patients as the family caregiver becomes the patient due to physical and emotional breakdown. Walking out the room where ones loved one is, to get what seems like a few hours of selfish sleep is difficult, actually far more than difficult. Leaving a dying loved one with a person who you met only a few minutes earlier, now in complete control of medication issuance and life and death service....is extremely difficult to say the least. Leaving the person who gave you life, who has made made late night sacrifices caring for you as an infant, to a stranger, seems selfish in order to get a few hours of sleep. But, this must be done.This is not my first experience with a hospice company as I have been through hospice three times with family members.Regarding AlevCare....there can be no better hospice company. From inception of the hospice decision to moms passing, the service was seamless, gentle, caring and professional. From the management team to the actual hospice nurses, helping my Mother pass was done by AlevCare as perfectly as hospice can be provided.When I met with the AlevCare management representative, with the lead nurse to establish the hospice plan and with our actual hospice nurse...well I was confident that I had made a good decision to select AlevCare. When the time came for me to actually leave Mom and get a few hours of sleep, I was calm as I left my sleeping Mom with the AlevCare hospice nurse sitting quietly beside her bed, noting times and types of medication issued. I went home got some much needed sleep. I met other AlevCare nurses over the next few days and each one brought the same professional, caring, service.When the last day came, AlevCare phoned to let me know that Mom had passed while I was out trying to keep my personal life going which also has to be done. Mom had passed after seeing myself and my brother daily and all her sisters in the previous few days. Her passing at that time did not surprise me as this is not uncommon for hospice patients elect to pass after loved ones have all been seen for the last time.I arrived at Mom's apartment at Legend Senior Living in Mansfield, a wonderful residence, only a few minutes after she passed but the AlevCare nurse on duty in her room was compassionate, informative and professional about what had just transpired and what had transpired in the morning hours before.I can sleep again now, because I know Mom is in heaven and had the best care possible. I did not let her down under the most difficult times of her life, with my decision to use AlevCare.If I am in need of hospice again, I will certainly call for AlevCare.Thank you more than I can say to the entire AlevCare staff,Ed Bandy, Mansfield, Texas