Understanding Hospice Care
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2010
- In this video series, the President of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Donald Schumacher provides information about Hospice care. Donald covers the different types of hospice care that are available. He also provides advice on how to select a hospice and how to know when your loved ones are ready for Hospice care
"The focus is on CARE, not cure"
Teddy Francine Smith sure we do if we don't died before. My Dad is already in one in Jackson North Miami. The witch of his wife "Cruela Devil" together with her daughter took my Dad more than a speeding of the Concord. Making my Dads heart weaker in less than a week. Evil frivolous they are and they will be.
thank you for being there when my brother was on his road and we're very thankful and blessed to have you there 😇
I remember when my grandma was put into hospice care she was suffering from lung cancer she was in her final stages and I remember when people from the hospital came to set up the medical equipment for my grandpa was happy that they were doing that for him but then after sending everything up the next day my grandma came we hooked her up and there she was happy too, to be home with my grandpa, with my Tia. I don't remember what happened over the weeks on the account I was 4 years old and most of my memory it's just the most happiest or tragic events in my life. On the final day I was with my grandma playing with a bag of random toys like hot wheels Legos and toy fish. my grandpa was in the living room with my mom and when my mom started screaming for some reason she was angry at my grandpa wake me up at old me to close and lock the door. I heard was angry yelling and I saw how everything went down between my mom and my grandpa in the living room through the keyhole in a door I live in the house where all our doors have key holes. I turned around and gave a toy fish to my grandma and I saw her drifting in and out of sleep until finally close she closed eyes and she stopped moving and me being a really innocent child I thought she fell asleep and they left her aloneI was sitting on the floor next to her bed playing with toy soldiers my grandpa knocked on the door and I opened it for him my grandpa saw that my grandma was not moving and show no sign of life and he called the hospital look up and put me aside and there I saw a Gurnee roll into my grandma's room and saw them pick her up and put her on the gurney and put a cover over her head I felt my grandpa's tight enbrace. I didn't know what happened I didn't know why my grandpa was crying. That night the house was empty and silent and my grandmas bed and IV and oxygen machine were still there and there me andy Grandpa slept, on a mattress that was beside the bed. My grandpa was happy that grandma passed because she was suffering and he couldn't stand seeing her being constantly in pain. That night truly became a long night of Solace
AceOfSpades2398 that was nice to read
awww she look so comfortable n her bed with her pillows & family around ❤️❤️❤️
Hospice helps people re-define hope when traditional medicine says "there is nothing left to do." Everyone is going to die, so I ask this: Would you have surgery without anesthesia? No; then why would you die without hospice?
I remember when my grandma was on hospice care because of heart failure
Someone referred to this as legalized murder and I concur 100%. My mother was in the hospital for a high fever and pain in her legs and abdomen. Once she recovered from the fevers, the doctors gave up on what was causing her pain and they recommended hospice. I told my dad to get her to a rehab facility, but he told me the doctors said that they only send patients to rehab if they think the patient will survive, Total BS to say that with no definitive diagnosis!! Now my Mom is at home receiving hospice "care" completely delirious from the large doses of opioids, doesn't eat, barely drinks, can't get out of bed, etc. Hospice is killing her and should be sued for gross negligence and malpractice. I think I have convinced dad to taper her off the opioids and start working on a plan to extend my mom's life , not kill her. She is a very strong lady and has many more years left to live. I would characterize hospice as one of the most sinister things that exists in our society today. DO NOT make this mistake with the lives of your loved ones please.
My Dad had hospice 'care' and honestly my whole family hated them. They got mad at my mom because she refused to let them give him certain meds that are supposed to calm you because they had the opposite effect on my Dad. It made him very anxious and he'd be up for like 2 days with no sleep after taking them. The hospital put them in his chart as allergies so they would not be given to him. He did so much better without them. They tried to bully her into signing a DNR or they'd pull out. The thought of signing that was so traumatic for both my mom and me but there was no empathy or understanding from them. They left and a different team came in. They seemed better at first but it came to the same bullshit. They left too and good fucking riddance to them and their "We'll come back when you are ready to accept this, just call us." We accepted what was going to happen but not how fast it would happen with them in charge. My Daddy told my mom a couple days before he passed that she was making his last days great. He passed in his sleep, peacefully, in his own time. He had the time with his family that he wanted that wouldn't have been possible if we kept hospice. He would have been a shell of the man he was and he never wanted that.
very informative video. My mother-in-law got sick so quickly, that she couldn't leave the rehab center she was in to get to an appropriate hospice environment. I wish we were able to do so for her.
Ya Allah, make the end of our life, the best of our life. Ameen
Nice video
We r 2 day putting my husbands grandmother. On today i went thru it w my mother its sad bit they are comfortable
My great grandma she is 93 and she had to enter hospice care because she has a really bad heart condition
Alex Jimenez at least she got to 93
Great anecdotal evidence you've got there.
Also, when did you get your doctor's degree? Oh, you never did.
Draxel neither did you so keep your mouth shut.
As a nurse working with elderly individuals, dealing with hospice patients every day, I assure you that there is much more evidence than the two particular anecdotes I mentioned.
Please suggest how to join hospice care as a volunteer
You have to be a Nurse Aid then you can ask the Agency to find you a hospice case
What about severe constipation caused by pain killers? My doctors won't tell me anything. I am at the stage where the pain is preferable to the constipation
Jeffrey....tell them you want suppositories, or a saline laxative, enema, anything to relieve you. I was in a hospital for an almost fatal car wreck and couldn't go to bathroom for weeks being on opiots, they finally gave me suppositories!
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The doctor told my friend to.take care of himself he would live longer as soon as hospice took over he died real quick just makes me wonder what's the real deal..
David Qvo Hello David, I send condolences on the death of your friend. I believe that you are a little confused regarding the timing of events of the onset of Hospice and the coincidence of your friend's death. Hospice is not able to provide Cure; only Care. I think your friend was able to understand the seriousness of his illness once Hospice arrived, answered his questions and made other arrangements for his comfort. As a Nurse myself, I have seen patients and friends and family who were very ill, once understanding the process are able to gain acceptance and then relax into the inevitable.
You are right I understand now thank you you guys have a hard job to do may God Bless you all and sorry for jumping conclusion..
David Qvo my mom's friend was put on hospice
my husband, has inoperable pancreas cancer, i watch him go downhill each day, is hospice care what i should be looking at?I am so very tired,
Call a hospice in your area and explain the situation and they will let you know. I'm sure they can offer support.
How are things? My brother is only 55 is in their care now. Amen
What do you tell a patient when death is eminent and they tell you, "But I don't want to die"?
You try to make them comfortable, and you are honest with them.
Link ToMe honesty....
Why do you forbid the use of IV fluids to your patients?
I’m a caregiver. One of my clients had stage 4 cancer. She suffered far more after chemo. That’s what killed her I saw it for myself. Her family opted for Hospice. I was literally told by Hospice that if my client went into a medical crisis- she couldn’t breathe for example- I could not call 9-11 I had to call them. And it could take at least a half hour for them to come. Outrageous.
Occasionally she needed IV fluids, she was dehydrated. Well Hospice refuses this. Again. Outrageous!
I gave my cat IV fluids for a year in her last year of life. She would literally bow her head for me each time, she was grateful for the comfort it provided her and extended her life.
A cat. But a human being?!? It is your policy to let a human being die a much more agonizing death than a cat?!?
You need to re-evaluate these cruel policies.
I know there are loving people who work for you who want to provide comfort to people but these policies are nothing short of evil. I’ve seen the tremendous suffering they cause and I’m sickened by it.
Oh I know that the body cannot absorb fluids properly at the very end but my friend lived for over a year after this policy went into effect and she would have gotten at least some relief until the final stages when she wouldn’t have been able to handle the fluids.
Again. I saw this for myself.
And not calling 9-11 in a crisis.
Not only is that cruel to let someone languish until you get there but it puts a tremendous burden onto family fiends and caregivers. You’re asking us to stand by and watch someone we love die from an emergency when they could be possibly be stabilized and given humane comfort come on. Think.
I called 911 when my Dad was choking on some ground beef. Screw what they thought in hospice. If we got kicked out, oh well. We were doing 90 percent of the caregiving work anyway.
Lee I hope your Dad is ok?
Good for you I would have called 911 too.
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Oops Lew
Too bad hospice care can't be paired with assisted suicide. I would hate to linger, much rather just fall asleep.