I heard about this on the radio this morning. I was still laying in bed, and my cat suddenly jumped up and laid down on my chest. And his name is Oscar too!!! Hubby was teasing me all morning, but it's been 4 hours and I'm still here!
I think it's a little spooky too, just because it's not something I understand, but I always believed that animals are sensitive to things like that. On the radio it said most of the patients have demntia, so they probably don't know what it means when the cat jumps up. they just know they have a warm furry thing in their lap. The radio also said the staff has taken this as a sign to call a patient's family. Maybe the kitty is an angel sent to make sure the family can spend the patient's last hours with them...