<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

Background: We've been off and on for about ten years, last year pulled our heads out of our asses and worked things out to ensure permanent "on" status, I want to make sure I'm doing everything I can to be the best partner I can be in this situation.

My boyfriend's relationship with his mom's side of the family is contentious at best, owing to a lot of untreated mental illness in the family and a history of abuse. He hasn't spoken to his mother in close to four years. His aunt texted him Saturday to let him know that his mamaw's doctors have said that the tumor on her small intestine means this is "the beginning of the end" for her.

He's very upset, because he has as little as possible to do with that side of his family but still loves his mamaw to the bottom of his heart. He has some conflicting feelings about how she failed to stop his abuse when he was a child, but for the most part I think he's overlooking that in favor of being there for her as much as he can during this time.
   
Mamaw has been moved from the town where she was living with the aunt who sent the text into a hospice in the town where we live. I already told him that we can go visit mamaw at the hospice whenever he wants/whenever they will allow. I'm not asking him if he's okay, because obviously he's not. I'm trying to listen as best as I can and hold him when he needs it.

Is there anything else I could or should be doing right now? This is his spring break, so he'll be home alone for most of the day while I'm at work this week. Is this the kind of situation where I need to wait for him to tell me what he needs? Or should I try to be proactive in doing things for him?
<bot>: Doctors say it's "the beginning of the end" for mamaw, boyfriend understandably upset, want to know what else I can do for him to help him through this process.