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Stacey Hartshorn, left, hugs Debbie Brewer during one of the Hospice of Central Ohio nurse's visits to Brewer's home in Newark.
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A tear forms in Debbie Brewers eye as she undergoes a breathing treatment.
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Pastor Tom Myers leans back in his chair after finishing writing one of the four funerals he's writen in a week for patients at Hospice of Central Ohio Thursday morning, May 20, 2010, in Newark.
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Debbie Brewer laughs as she talks with Hospice of Central Ohio Social Worker Ruth Robson during one of Robson visits Brewer's home during which the two discuss what Brewer's feeling.
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Stacey Hartshorn, left, talks to Debbie Brewer during one of the Hospice of Central Ohio nurse's visits to Brewer's home in Newark. Brewer has been homebound for the past four years with COPD and has spent that time in the care of hospice group.
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Stacey Hartshorn holds Debbie Brewer's hand as the nurse and patient talk during Hartshorn's visit.
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Stacey Hartshorn sorts Debbie Brewer's medication for the week.
Debbis's dream team
For Debbie Brewer, hospice care has not been with her just at the end of her life, but for more than four years. Surrounded by a team including a registered nurse, a social worker, a pastor and others, Brewer, who suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and her family depend o that team to keep her quality of life as high as possible. "They do everything," Brewer said. "I don't know what we would have done without them."