OK, I am as anti-Obama as they come, but I would NEVER leave a dying relative either in the hospital or a hospice if they wanted to be at home. I am “untrained” and would (and have) care for that person in the comfort of their own home.
Pick some other part of this stinky story to discuss. Leave Grandma alone. Let her be where she is most comfortable.
Can people be under hospice care at home?
I agree with you with regard to a HOSPITAL — but a hospice is a whole different story... for one thing HOSPICES generally allow relatives to stay in the same room with their loved ones 24/7 if they like... but in addition they have medical staff to ease the patient’s pain, provide food, counseling... a hospice assures that your loved one has soemone with them at all times company (even relatives have to sleep sometime)... also, only medical personnel can safely and humanely manage the awful pain of cancer... it is just my opinion based on personal experience — you are entitled to your own opinion of course — and i apologize if i expressed my opinion in a manner that offended you. It is obvoiously a very personal matter.
FWIW — I stayed at a hospice with my grandfather (24/7) for 6 days as he lost his fight with lung-cancer. He was a religious man, and the hospice was run by Catholic lay people — he took a lot of solace in meeting with his priest there every day — and so did i.