That will give your caregiver some respite, time for shopping etc. (Reply #13)

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Fri Feb 12, 2016, 04:24 AM

Downwinder (12,869 posts)

13. That will give your caregiver some respite, time for shopping etc.

It is also much easier to get any equipment necessary through them than to do it yourself.

Medicare would only allow a walker or a wheelchair for my mother. Hospice got both.

Having a nurse on call is invaluable for the effects or reactions to medications.

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
Officially signed up for hospice today [View all]	Tab	Feb 2016	OP
<3. (It's a heart)	uppityperson	Feb 2016	#1
Best wishes to you! n/t	PoliticAverse	Feb 2016	#2
This is always a difficult step, my dear Tab...	CaliforniaPeggy	Feb 2016	#3
Glad you posted. Wish you weren't faced with that decision. I know it's a tough.	Hoyt	Feb 2016	#4
They were very good with my mother. Wish I qualified,	Downwinder	Feb 2016	#5
Would not chronic qualify you?	Tab	Feb 2016	#6
I have been told NO.	Downwinder	Feb 2016	#7
Hmmm....	Tab	Feb 2016	#9
Enough of this cheerful talk.	Downwinder	Feb 2016	#10
It's home	Tab	Feb 2016	#11
That will give your caregiver some respite, time for shopping etc.	Downwinder	Feb 2016	#13
age is terminal, too (attempt at levity)	wordpix	Feb 2016	#15
Congratulations. My niece is over 10 yrs. now.	Downwinder	Feb 2016	#16
(((Tab)))	Solly Mack	Feb 2016	#8
Thanks, Solly	Tab	Feb 2016	#12
so sorry, Tab and thinking of you	wordpix	Feb 2016	#14
I understand the conflicting feelings.	dmr	Feb 2016	#17
You're not dumping in my thread.	Tab	Feb 2016	#19
have you tried any of the super dose med marijuana?	wordpix	Feb 2016	#23
Unofficially	Tab	Feb 2016	#24
Hospice is really helpful in so many ways	cate94	Feb 2016	#18
I wish we didn''t need child cancer centers either.	Tab	Feb 2016	#20
Too true.	cate94	Feb 2016	#21
Sorry to hear this Tab, but I know from your posts that it has not been ...	slipslidingaway	Feb 2016	#22
It sucks to be in your place, but it is good you are making the decisions.	alfredo	Feb 2016	#25
All my best wishes and hopes for you	DarthDem	Feb 2016	#26
I'm ambivalent with the question of even thinking about it.	nolabels	Feb 2016	#27
First, I'm sorry for your loss.	Tab	Feb 2016	#28
I was trying to help convey from what i saw from my experience with the hospice	nolabels	Feb 2016	#29
sounds like you're doing OK, glad to hear it	wordpix	Feb 2016	#30
Damn, I didn't know your condition was that advanced.	alfredo	Mar 2016	#31
The problem is we're barely learning how to die	Tab	Mar 2016	#32
My parents were European,	moonscape	Apr 2016	#33

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