http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:-ElffZDXnqIJ:www.christianliferesources.com/cgi-bin/prDisplay.pl%3FdisplayContent%26releaseID%3D2908%26categoryID%3D45+%22mike+bell%22+%22felos%22&hl=en
The Schindlers' attorneys and some right-to-life advocates were hanging on to the slim chance that Terri Schiavo will be able to swallow enough liquid supplement to remain alive. Felos said she cannot.
Under protocols of care, patients who can swallow enough supplement to stay alive are provided it, said Mike Bell, a spokesman for The Hospice of Florida Suncoast. Otherwise, doctors are bound to follow the requests of Michael Schiavo. FELOS SAID TERRI SCHIAVO HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SWALLOW ENOUGH SUPPLEMENT TO KEEP HER ALIVE IN THE PAST.
So the deal isn't that Terri can't swallow at all, it's that she can't swallow enough to sustain herself, right? That's peachy, just peachy!!
another bit from RobertWoodJohnsonF "RWJF" site
Rate of Hospice Use: Hospice care is a "gold standard" for end-of-life care. However, hospice is not widely used in most states. Furthermore, the average length of stay in hospice has dropped to well below the 60 days considered necessary for people to get maximum benefit. In fact, dying patients commonly have the support of hospice care for less than a week.
http://www.rwjf.org/news/releaseDetail.jsp?id=1037586523372
They have an interactive state report card
http://www.rwjf.org/news/special/means.jhtml
Florida gets (my comments in )
A for Advanced Directives (guess this means it's easy to bump you off)
D for proportion of deaths occuring at home.(Facilities aren't making any money on these)
Hospice use
C grade based on percentage deaths with hospice stays
D grade based on median length of stay in hospice
THis is just a tiny bit of their report card, wish I could copy and paste it but I can't do it.