Moving my dad to Northern VA and hospice care

[Anonymous]

No answers to your questions, but I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through this. Sending your family my best wishes.

Could you hire a babysitter or someone to come help with your kids, when needed?

[Anonymous]

No to Capital Caring. Horrible experience. Horrific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No to Capital Caring. Horrible experience. Horrific.

Any recommendations on others? Capital caring has very mixed reviews so I'm reluctant. I need a place with inpatient option.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No to Capital Caring. Horrible experience. Horrific.

Any recommendations on others? Capital caring has very mixed reviews so I'm reluctant. I need a place with inpatient option.

I don’t know of any with an inpatient option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No to Capital Caring. Horrible experience. Horrific.

Any recommendations on others? Capital caring has very mixed reviews so I'm reluctant. I need a place with inpatient option.

Your best bet would be to find a nursing home and add Hospice on to that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are hospice facilities where they can stay. If your home won’t work, this might be feasible.
Once FIL was ill enough to be in hospice, he only left his bedroom when he was still able to walk to the bathroom. Soon, he couldn’t even do that and he was in diapers.

Hospice indicated that patients usually only stay a few days to a week at their inpatient facilities. I'm surprised that when the person is at home, hospice only provides 2-3 visits per week. If my dad chooses Hospice with Medicare, then he gives up his benefits to see all other doctors which doesn't seem worth it for 2-3 hospice visits per week.

He can still see other doctors. He gives up things like ot and ot or anything that can extend his life. None of this is correct. We brought in hospice to the nursing home.

You can still see doctors. FIL had pancreatic cancer. His oncologist suggested hospice while they did radiation treatment. He unfortunately died before he could start radiation, but hospice was great. I think we had Capital Caring.