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A few days ago I read that if you have trouble getting a hospitalized family member the treatment they need for Covid, you are to explain that if they can't get treatment in the hospital, you will take them to hospice. I wondered what that meant and tonight I think I found a possible answer on another thread. It sounds like you take the patient home and are entitled to give the meds, have the equipment, and I have seen medical staff mentioned (perhaps for infusion or IV's needed):

To: T-Bird45

My hospice nurse friends explained that once a person goes into hospice, all med equipment and meds are available..whatever the patient wants or needs.

We found this to be true with my Dad. Toward the end of his life he struggled to breathe, and had pulse ox readings in the 80s. They would send him thru ER, admit him, patch him back up to where his readings were “acceptable” and send him home. He “did not qualify” for home oxygen. He would end up back in the ER two days later going thru the same process (Hours in the ER, test for Covid, same labs run two days prior, admit..send home.) It was infuriating

When we brought him home to hospice care, the 02 generator was delivered before the transport even got him home.

45 posted on 8/12/2021, 9:41:36 AM by Mygirlsmom (Back after a long hiatus. Now mygrandkidsgrandma)

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My hospice nurse friends explained that once a person goes into hospice, all med equipment and meds are available..whatever the patient wants or needs.

We found this to be true with my Dad. Toward the end of his life he struggled to breathe, and had pulse ox readings in the 80s. They would send him thru ER, admit him, patch him back up to where his readings were “acceptable” and send him home. He “did not qualify” for home oxygen. He would end up back in the ER two days later going thru the same process (Hours in the ER, test for Covid, same labs run two days prior, admit..send home.) It was infuriating

When we brought him home to hospice care, the 02 generator was delivered before the transport even got him home.

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ThankQ MqD for that info !

One thing though, in order to get hospice, a Dr has to sign off on it, and one of the criteria for hospice is the dr’s estimation is that the person has 6 months to live.

Although the 6-months can (and has) get extended.