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I'm amazed at comments thinking this is unremarkable. Just look at the picture of the state he's in. Very admirable that he was able to do this, I would not be surprised if he passes by not long after this.
I think it's less of a "it's not impressive he did" and more of a "im not sure anything could have stopped him". He very clearly deeply loved her, and I really doubt he's particularly worried about the end potentially coming a tad bit sooner at this point.
I had no idea he was in hospice care since February. In my experience, I thought hospice care was where people go to die quietly with a little bit of dignity that hospitals don't offer.
Typically people go in when there's not much time left, but hospice is really just a commitment that you're not going to bother fighting whatever illness you've got or might get. People can go into hospice and stay there a long time, and even come out of it.
That's a common misconception about hospice. My Dad spent the last year of his life in and out of hospice with the the last 5 months in hospice care. The main difference is hospice is strictly palliative - no heroic measures if some major event happens.
That's exactly what it is, which is why it's impressive that he was able to attend this memorial