Okay, I may have missed this, but how did they skip so many feedings? Is that not in direct violation of the order, which allowed the tube removed? I just wish I could meet this son of a bitch on a steet corner on a cold dark night with no witnesses.
FEDERAL LAW ON HOSPICE:
http://www.hospicepatients.org/law.html (j) Standard: Meal service, menu planning, and supervision. The
hospice must--
**(1) Serve at least three meals or their equivalent each day at
regular times, with not more than 14 hours between a substantial evening
meal and breakfast;
(2) Procure, store, prepare, distribute, and serve all food under
sanitary conditions;
(3) Have a staff member trained or experienced in food management or
nutrition who is responsible for--
(i) Planning menus that meet the nutritional needs of each patient,
following the orders of the patient's physician and, to the extent
medically possible, the recommended dietary allowances of the Food and
Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, National Academy of
Sciences (Recommended Dietary Allowances (9th ed., 1981) is available
from the Printing and Publications Office, National Academy of Sciences,
Washington, DC 20418); and
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How can they not even give her swallowing tests. She swallows her own saliva with no problem- if this was not the case I'd think they'd have to get her on some kind of suction.