BREAKING NEWS: Care homes in the UK caught using death penalty drugs, was this to artificially bump the COVID numbers up?
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I’ve heard my dad mention this. When hospice comes in, the person is dead soon. Not comfortable. Dead.
Of course patients in hospice die soon. Only those with a 6-month prognosis are admitted to hospice, and to remain in hospice, they need to show either no improvement or actual decline. Hospice provides in-home care so that dying patients and their families spend their last days together, resolve any past issues, get their affairs in order, etc. They are supported with aides for bathing and personal care, nurses for progress and medication monitoring, social workers, chaplains, and supervising physicians. The patient and family are in charge of medication administration, and they can refuse it at any time. They can revoke hospice any time. Hospice is not assisted euthanasia. There are patients that actually improve on hospice and are then discharged.
Generally Hospice does not accept a pt unless they believe death is imminent, usually less than 6 months I believe. If a pt improves, they are removed from hospice care, so I was told by the hospice people.
Exactly.