This private nurse that we hired has been pushing the idea of hospice for nearly a year. The doctor doesn’t agree, and I’m not pushing it. Mom is perfectly comfortable and well cared for right where she is. I figure the “push” is for money in somebody’s pocket.
Like any government program, there is a whole legion of dogs following the truck hoping some meat falls off.
Hospice can be in-house, with a nurse coming to visit a couple of times a week with pain meds. The care is left to the family full time after a couple of days of extra assistance.