Working in end-of-life care often brings moments of deep sorrow, but sometimes, it reveals something quietly extraordinary. Hospice nurse and death care coach
Katie Duncan has witnessed one such mystery over and over again: a gesture made by many patients just before they die—a motion both inexplicable and oddly comforting.
Katie, a nurse practitioner from Maryland, has spent years supporting people through their final days, whether in hospital ICUs, long-term care homes,
or at bedside in hospice. In a recent TikTok video, she opened up about what she calls one of the “mystical” parts of dying: the reaching.
