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[quote=Anonymous]My experience is 5 years old, but Capital Caring provided skeletal  Hospice services when my father was with them.  At the time, I did not find another choice.  It is very difficult to find hospice that provides 24/7 care in this area. Although, things may have changed.

He received a weekly nurse visit. Every other week social worker visit. 2-3 times a week a 30 minute visit to give him a bath.  He was in hospice for a little over three months and the doctor came once-about three days before my father passed.  They were good about getting him a softer cushion for his chair, a hospital  bed with a soft blowup mattress and a bed chair to go to the bathroom.  They were also good about getting us the morphine for the transition at the end.

The things that I did were:
Be with him 24/7, I gave him daily shots that he needed, I did daily wound care from blood blisters he received in the hospital on his heels. I gave him his medicine.  I provided his meals and at the end I did the bathroom stuff when he was on the bed chair ( he took care of it until the last month or so), we watched tv, played games……. My sister was down for the weekend he ended up dying and we administered the morphine starting the day before.  
He was in denial until about 40 hours prior to his death. The night when he figured out death was near was one of the worst of my life.[/quote]

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