Warriors who fought in the Second World War, Korea, and Vietnam are aging.
According to We Honor Veterans, one in four dying Americans is a veteran.
Jacqueline Coastes is a Visiting Nurse Service Hospice Nurse. She says Post Traumatic Stress can become a problem late in life.
"It may lay dormant for years and at the end of life it may see it show up in how a patient acts, their behaviors, their nightmares, what things they say and do," explains Coates.
Coates says nurses and volunteers do what they can to treat the symptoms and give dying vets peace.
She explains when quantity of life is no longer attainable, hospice offers quality for the time that remains.
"...to help with any financial, spiritual, physical needs, emotional needs. Hospice aims to improve quality of life as much as possible for the patients and the families at end of life," says Coates.
In addition to providing service for their health needs, We Honor Veterans celebrates participants with a private pinning ceremony in veterans’ homes.