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RobinA

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36. THis Is What Happened

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #28)

Sat Feb 9, 2019, 01:19 AM

Feb 2019

with my Grandmother. She was about 99 when she went on hospice. She wasn’t sick or anything, just 99 years old. She had to go on hospice to get her assisted living home to quit sending her to the ER every time some little thing happened. She had a DNR, but she never needed them to resuscitate her. They’d send her to the ER every time she went boom on her butt getting out of bed. Too much drama, so she went on hospice to get them to stop. She lived to be 101 1/2.

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Dying people being thrown out of hospice care. [View all] marybourg Feb 2019 OP

Absolutely appalling. Ohiogal Feb 2019 #1

This almost happened to my Dad Siwsan Feb 2019 #2

Oh! That's so heartbreaking.... Ohiogal Feb 2019 #3

The hospice workers and volunteers were amazing. Siwsan Feb 2019 #6

I'm sorry you lost your dad. Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #20

I'm sorry. marybourg Feb 2019 #10

This is America today? world wide wally Feb 2019 #4

Yeah, we have to assess after 3 months then every two months and chart to the decline. mucifer Feb 2019 #5

I thought doctors had to certify that a patient has less than 6 months to live. pnwmom Feb 2019 #8

I don't think the law changed. They're just being pressured marybourg Feb 2019 #11

Here's a link I found. It's part of a larger site. pnwmom Feb 2019 #12

You have to assess and recertify every few months and two doctors have mucifer Feb 2019 #18

Once you have the 6 months prognosis, why do you have to re-certify every few months? pnwmom Feb 2019 #28

THis Is What Happened RobinA Feb 2019 #36

Some hospice people were great MFM008 Feb 2019 #7

I know someone who is an ICU Nurse. Blue_true Feb 2019 #17

I was an ICU nurse MuseRider Feb 2019 #33

As I stated, I was an observer. Blue_true Feb 2019 #38

Is the problem they don't have doctors willing to certify that they have less than 6 months? pnwmom Feb 2019 #9

The doctor was willing, more than willing, but pressure marybourg Feb 2019 #13

My mother had broken her 2nd hip and the nursing home was trying to kick her out pnwmom Feb 2019 #14

Having been through this system myself with both my mom and dad, Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #22

Yes -- I know what you mean. By time time we lost both our mothers, pnwmom Feb 2019 #24

Exactly. Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #27

Yes, I was somewhat involved in that battle, since my husband at that marybourg Feb 2019 #30

Yes -- that word, "plateaued." I'd forgotten that but, yes, that was what the argument was about. pnwmom Feb 2019 #32

Whaaat? Texasgal Feb 2019 #15

So sorry about your tragic loss. marybourg Feb 2019 #23

That's why I don't plan on living that older in the future ansible Feb 2019 #16

How are you going to check out? Blue_true Feb 2019 #21

Is Soylent Green coming next? This is sickening news. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #19

It breaks my heart that you have had to deal with this. Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #25

I have a friend who's dying radical noodle Feb 2019 #26

Terrible! marybourg Feb 2019 #35

She's in a rural area radical noodle Feb 2019 #40

funny DonCoquixote Feb 2019 #29

Look what drumpf has done with live babies at the southern border. democratisphere Feb 2019 #31

I Know A Lot RobinA Feb 2019 #37

Something to Consider When Looking at Medicare for All dlk Feb 2019 #34

We all knew the "death panels" would be Republican. McCamy Taylor Feb 2019 #39

K&R crazytown Feb 2019 #41

republicans pissing on America's elders on their deathbeds Achilleaze Feb 2019 #42