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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alzheimer’s alone can last ten years. Hard to say for your dad with the other issues. However, a nurse told me we were doing too many life-saving maneuvers with my grandmother. For example, the hospital was filling my grandmother up with IV fluids, including potassium, to prevent heart issues. Grandmother was 102 by the way. Eventually, we moved to hospice care inside a nursing home. This is not what I’d recommend but grandmother was of sound mind to the end and made this choice based on suggestions from a pushy nursing home sales lady. And it is hard to tell your grandmother she really needs to go to the hospice that is 100% hospice… [/quote] You’re referring to inpatient hospice, but to be eligible, you must have clinical symptoms that cannot be managed at home - like the need for IV pain meds, etc.[/quote]
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