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[quote=Anonymous]Similar situation and it’s gut wrenching. I think at this point it’s a question of focusing on what your mom and dad’s wishes are. When you hit this point it can help to look at their advanced medical directive and really assess quality of life and what the person before the disease would have wanted. It will be very hard to accept for your mom. Sleeping a lot and repeated falls were a sign the end was near for my loved one along with weight loss. Hospice won’t provide 24/7 care or anything like that. It will get you supplies and ensure a peaceful passing because that’s their entire focus (bathing, massages, hospital bed, nurse visits as well). That being said, once you elect hospice you can’t seek treatment. For example, he won’t be able to receive IV antibiotics and may have to stop medications he is on. If he falls, hospice will send someone to check on him and determine if he needs to go to the hospital or can stay home. The focus is always on reducing hospitalization and on comfort care. Rehab, skilled nursing, and assisted living won’t provide 1:1 supervision. He will fall there just like he does at home and then you have to get used to staff, different care than he’s used to, and new issues. Medicare will only pay for rehab if he can participate. Can he and would be want to be forced to do OT/PT for several hours a day? I would probably do a hospice assessment. It was very hard to make the decision to enroll (and we even enrolled and disenrolled and later enrolled again!). But I’m glad we did it because the condition turned on a dime. The hospice workers were amazing and I was able to arrange cremation, etc. ahead of time because they helped me prepare. [/quote]
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