[oreolady]

I can attest to the urging of death by hospice nurses, since my husband passed away with terminal brain cancer.
While hospice was "helping" him die, I was CONSTANTLY PRESSURED to make him wear a bracelet that said DNR!
I refused, so he wouldn't have to look at that bracelet everyday, reminding him he was on his way out.
They DIDNT WANT ME TO CALL AN AMBULANCE TO COST ANY $$$$$$
I also have a friend who was a caregiver to an elderly woman with terminal cancer who fell and broke her hip.(Extreme pain)
My friend was cussed out by hospice nurse for calling an ambulance, get it? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Their total goal (hidden agenda) is to save $$$, in spite of all the warm, mushy stories, some people just don't get it and follow their "orders" implicitly.

[La Enchiladita]

Beware of hospice! Do not believe the line that they are there for warm, fuzzy "palliative care." They are death mongers.

[mlmr]

My understanding of eliciting hospice services is that you are only going to use pallitive care and let the patient die without intervention.

[goldstategop]

That's what I fear. That'll come down to saving money. We have a soul. The possessions of this life are transient but the City Of God is forever. In the long run, we need to act like our humanity really matters and we must never allow any one to diminish it.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)