Good grief! Thanks for posting this; important information for those of us who have elderly loved ones. ‘Comfort Care’ sounds intentionally horrible.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 03/16/2024 Vol.489, Q Day 2331, Cleebie Grums wrote: Good grief! Thanks for posting this; important information for those of us who have elderly loved ones. ‘Comfort Care’ sounds intentionally horrible.
An 80 year old friend of mine moved out of California to buy a house in Texas. About 1 month after she moved we chatted on the phone. She had to sell her house because living at that altitude was killing her. She had been told her 'new' heart problems were altitude related.
While packing, she became very weak and couldn't stand up so she went to the hospital. While in the ER, the docs confirmed the altitude was causing her heart problems. They 'invited her' to sign a 'do not resessucitate' order for her stay in the hospital as well as any return visits from that point forward unril she moved away. She was indignant and explained she wanted to get home to complete the paperwork to transfer her loan. They asked her if she was sure, and noted 'You'd be surprised how many people choose the 'do not resessuitate' option and that it was a gentle decision etc.
We were both appalled to think how many aged people or those with chronic illnesses were simply approached at a hard moment in their lives and invited to end it, told that others found it a good option, and took that option too. How much of that was even true? Possible incentive pay to get patients to 'opt out' of living? No one in the hospital could encourage these people? NOT ONE DOCTOR OR NURSE FOUND VALUE IN THE LIVES OF THEIR PATIENTS?