To: EQAndyBuzz
Toward the end, my mother was in hospice at our house. She passed about 4 1/2 months into the program, which was 6 months. 2 doctors agreeing that a person has 6 months or less to live is not a guarantee, just an estimate.
Hospice is a program where people with less than 6 months to live stay at a family member's home for the duration. Not sure what you were referring to with your comment "put somebody in hospice".
44 posted on
12/27/2013 4:27:46 AM PST by
Bernard
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To: Bernard
There are “hospice houses” and some patients in nursing homes are “on hospice”. It isn’t just at home.
To: Bernard
Sorry, my grandmother was “put” into a hospice. Only reason I used the reference.
55 posted on
12/27/2013 5:48:53 AM PST by
EQAndyBuzz
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To: Bernard
I have never actually heard the word used the way you’re using it (home-based care). Here it means care at a facility when death is expected soon. These things must vary a lot by region.
96 posted on
12/28/2013 12:17:39 PM PST by
steve86
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