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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sucks.

They don’t tell you hospice does very little and you’ll still have to provide 24-7 care.

A nurse decided to give my dad a lethal dose of morphine without telling us and left him alone on a sofa at a memory care unit in Olney. He had stopped eating so they forced us to put him on hospice and also took away all his meds so he was freezing from lack of thyroid medications. Really messed up.

I think hospice is terrible.

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I have a friend in elder care; she says a person is dead within 3 days of stopping eating. 
The nurse’s act was actually one of compassion as much as it is possible in rehab/hospice.
I am sorry about your dad but he would have lasted maybe one more day if not that.
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Your friend is wrong. My father didn't eat for weeks, just had a basic IV, after his stroke. Eventually he regained his ability to eat.[/quote]

Very different situations.  With hydration a person can live for months.  Hospice typically does not use iv hydration after a person can no longer swallow.  It is part of the dying process for a person who is dying.  A person recovering from a stoke, illness, surgery is a different situation.[/quote]

In Maryland, if you are in assisted living and don’t eat for X days, they say you must be put on hospice. At that point, they pull every medication and that accelerates your death.

My dad was not actively dying. He was given a lethal dose of morphine without permission from the family.

The nurse took it upon herself to attempt to accelerate his death when he had previously been going around in his wheelchair.

Nurses do kill people so you have to be watchful.

We will never do hospice again.

The nurse who killed my dad is still out there.

https://people.com/pa-nurse-accused-killing-patients-confesses-19-other-attempted-murders-8386877

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If you know all this about the nurse who allegedly killed your father, why didn't you report them to the police, prosecutor and licensing board?

In my decade of experience doing hospice work, I've seen a lot of family members who for whatever reason - religiosity, inability to cope with anticipatory grief, anger at the family member, etc. - have been very resistant to medical providers giving the prescribed dose of morphine to their dying loved one to relieve the pain and anguish many experience at end of life. I will never understand why the same people who would readily take their beloved pet to the veterinarian for a quick, painless exit won't provide the same comfort to a human being they claim to love.[/quote]

JFC. I hope you are no longer doing hospice work.[/quote]

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