So far so good. Appreantly you understand the economic argument for Hospice.
I don't know where this rant came from, but a member of my family was at my dad's side every minute of every day, since he was in his OWN HOME.
So who said anything about dying in one's own home or not? To rephrase-treatment need not come at pain or inconvenience. Hospitals need not be "sterile" incompassionate places. Many are not. Pain relief need not be a boogieman among so many medical providers.
it's a wonderful alternative to dying in a hospital.
It is an insidious and sinister development in the medical care sector of society - one that essentially prepares the sick for death rather than support the battle for life...all in the name of "comfort" and "humaneness".
Just be on guard...
It prepares the dying for death.
You're just flat wrong about this.
I'm not going to speak about this Hospice Nursing home that Terry is in
But Hospice in general is not a bad thing for terminally ill patients
They help not only the patient but also the the family in preparing for what is to happen
Years ago my mother volunteered for a Hospice program around my way to help several dying people and their families through the process .. whether it be picking up their meds .. picking up some food .. or just sitting there to listen to them and offer a hand to hold
She did it because when my father was dying of cancer, there were no support groups or anything close to a Hospice care and she knew how hard it was and how alone people feel.
I don't know how she did it all .. but a few families were helped by her