The average hospice duration is 19 days.
Then people die.
My personal and professional experiences with Hospice facilities and Hospice staff are 180 degrees from what this story says.
Their job is to make dying comfortable. They are not supposed to “nurse people to health.”
I’ve seen a lot of people who don’t comprehend that. There are a lot of people who show up at the last minute and wonder what is going on. Those people don’t get much sympathy from me.
You know what you’re talking about - they’ll probably kick you out.
Yes they make patients comfortable and they are kind, while speeding up the death process.
I saw 19 people die in a week. The average was a week. Not 19 days. Not even close.
My sister died in June. She arrived at hospice at 3:15pm and died at 3:45pm. She had a mini stroke, decided to do heart cath, and she had two major strokes and never woke up. Only thing keeping her alive was IV BP med to keep brain swelling down. Once they disconnected the IV she passed quickly. I thought a week or more but was shocked at 30min.