Source: Aretha Franklin is in hospice care
Source: CNN
Aretha Franklin is in hospice care at her home, a source close to the 76-year-old singer told CNN's Don Lemon.
Word of the "Queen of Soul" being gravely ill was first reported by Showbiz 411.
Showbiz 411's Roger Friedman told CNN: "She has a great family, she's surrounded by love, and the world is sending prayers. All further announcements will be made by her family. We just want to send love and prayers."
The soul singer has been dogged by reports of failing health for years and appeared frail in recent photos, but she has kept her struggles private.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/13/entertainment/aretha-franklin-ill/index.html
To me her most memorable performance was at President Barack Obama's first inauguration.
She also performed at the inaugurations of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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She and all her children/grandchildren/great-grandchildren have made their peace with it and with her. She's ready to go. 
Medicaid kicks in after all her money is gone, so it's not like they're going to kick her out if she (or we) can't pay anymore. It's a beautiful place and they treat her like a queen. She's ready to "move on", so to speak.
Been there done that a few years ago with my mother. It was only for a couple days, after almost a week in a hospital and transit to the hospice facility. The staff apparently had enough medical info for her to know which room to put her in for those last days (and it was $500/day) but she was basically in a twilight/in and out of sleep those couple days before she passed. There were others in the facility who had been there for some time (weeks?) and some were up and about, but mom's condition was such that she was no longer ambulatory.
She's 92 and ready to move on. The past 10 years have been filled with pain, Doctors and hospitals. She said if euthanasia was available in New York she'd already be a "crispy critter" (cremated). Her words, not mine! 
Our entire family has a wicked sense of humor, even in the face of death.
She's ready to move on, and the family is at peace with it as well. My Dad died in 1996, so we've been looking out for her since that time. Thanks again.
She turned 92 in July. All things considered she is doing pretty well. She is sharp though gets a bit weaker by the day. Dad and BIL, 5 years ago and died in ten days of each other. One in a nursing home and one at home.
Best to you Serge. I know it's not easy.
what we're going through here. It's nice to have people to commiserate with. So often we think we're the only ones going through something like this, but it happens millions of times each day. My Mom was quite self-sufficient (with my brother and I doing her housework for her) until around 8 weeks ago. Then into the hospital for some fainting issues and general weakness. There wasn't anything they could do for her after they discovered the kidney failure, and along with COPD (she's had pneumonia 3 times), congestive heart failure and a few other smaller issues, we chose a hospice for her on the Dr. and Social Worker's advice (she loves it!) and that's the story thus far. She says she's ready to go, and I don't blame her. She's in good spirits, and would welcome death at this point.
I made a vow to my daughter that I'd never put her and her family through all of this this with me. If it means putting a shotgun to my head (when my death is certain) so be it. My Mom has suffered (along with the family, to a lesser extent) so much in the past 10 years, and I won't put myself or my daughter through that unnecessarily. There's living, and existing. If I can no longer live it's time to shuffle off my mortal coil, so to speak.
Good luck to your Mom and yourself - and the rest of your family - and hopefully it will be a peaceful and dignified passing for your mother. Thanks again for the kind thoughts, and good luck to you my friend! 
