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RobinA

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37. I Know A Lot

Reply to DonCoquixote (Reply #29)

Sat Feb 9, 2019, 01:25 AM

Feb 2019

of people have really been helped by hospice, but I’m a little split on the issue, in part for this reason.

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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