[Sacajaweau]

Supposed to die....wow....such loving words...

[afraidfortherepublic]

My mother is 100 years old and in assisted living where she has many aides who help her with everything and a full time nurse on duty at all hours of the day, or night. We had a private (outside) nurse looking in on her who kept pushing us to put her in “hospice” for added benefits. We finally fired the nurse.

[Gaffer]

Real compassionate people there. However, IMO, Hospice care isn’t what’s killing Medicare. I’d look first at all this ancillary medical equipment these daytime commercials try to get seniors to apply to Medicare for:

Hover Round
Fat Butt Scootie
Catheters delivered to your door
Blood testers delivered to your door
Electric stair escalators
Medical Transportation vans (for Dr appointments)

These are just a few, and if a company is willing to do all the paperwork for you at no charge, they are overcharging Medicare for it is my guess.

[goodwithagun]

That’s what Hispice is supposed to be for. Unfortunately there comes a time when medical intervention no longer works and one must accept that. Years ago Hospice did a wonderful job with my grandmother. She elected to terminate her cancer treatments and Hospice kept her pain-free while she died at home. The caregivers were so kind, talked with us about losing her, and even brought cookies for my younger cousins. So yes, Hospice is for those who are supposed to die. There is really not another way to express this.

[Coldwater Creek]

I am on hospice What else would you call it, but a death watch?. This is a very enlightening article. At this point I am feeling very pressured to hurry up and die before my Medicare ceiling of 25K runs out.