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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father was in hospice in his nursing home. They offered morphine as needed during his final week when he was no longer eating or drinking (no artificially administered fluids or nutrition per his advanced directive). They hospice nurses worked with his usual nurses to determine his level of discomfort. I think that they only administered it a few times. We used Gilchrist. Their staff was wonderful.[/quote] Good luck for you and your family. Glad to hear hear positive stories. My Dad had similar experience as above. He was alert and engaged for ~8 days, 1.5 days before he died he was sleepy, the last 12 hours he didn’t wake up. The experience of being with him and chatting now and again was much better than any of my family expected. Again, good luck. It doesn’t have to be awful. [/quote]
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