The Third Reich started out killing the sick and disabled.
The Fourth Reich is rising ...
I can't see forcing food down a choking and aspirating patient...
I can't see not trying to feed a patient that can swallow some and is still wanting to be fed...
having experiences in many life vs death scenarios, personal and professional, I'll say this...
be careful what you sign...
watch out for Hospice....you can go on Hospice but maybe you want to live as long as you can,but Hospice will only pay for/allow you certain things..
I wouldn't go on Hospice at all...
and those forms you sign for CPR/etc...
it sounds like this new legislation would lump ordinary oral feedings in with tube feedings...so if you sign that you don't want tube feedings, you might also be signing up to not be fed at all...
That bears repeating.