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[quote=Anonymous]I guess my general perception about hospice was that death is imminent. However, we've recently had a consult for our father, who is in his 90s and suffering from dementia and has recently become unresponsive and is not eating. The Hospice caretakers were called in for a consultation, and now plan on visiting him 3x/week. They've instructed that he not be brought to the hospital for emergency purposes (recently was sent for uncontrolled shaking which we never learned the cause of but it went away) and said their goal is to assess his care and keep him comfortable but that this could go on for a while. Our mother's friend said her husband went through something similar for almost a year. Is this standard, or an anomaly?[/quote]
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