A couple years ago my dad was on Home Hospice for cancer. They came out first time Mom told them to leave. Mom wasn't privy to fact the doctor gave him less than six months four months earlier. The second time after dad told her it went a lot easier. They said this is a six month enrollment. If your life is longer we can extend the enrollment or if your prognoses changes we will re-evaluate you being in the program.
They basically told us we are here to make you as comfortable as possibe but end life prolonging treatments. He had advanced Prostate Cancer. They kept him on needed pain meds actually a fraction of what dosage he was talking before with Chemo and it worked. They came by every other day, meds came to the house, they were on call 24/7 for help. I was the primary caregiver as I had the knowledge for it. He passed about a month later.
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I have a friend right now in hospice. Death is any second. His wife is a nurse and my wife is also a medical professional. Hospice care plans are part of their daily activities. Hospice is a godsend in many ways. Abusing it is criminal as it could rob those that desperately need it from having it. It also saves money as it stops ineffective medical treatments for those that truly will not survive. It also provides a dignified end to life. Using hospice to give up possible cures is also criminal as is done routinely by liberals that think the elderly should just die.