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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most hospice is in home nowadays.  OP does not want her 2 kids to see Mom decline in health or die in the home.[/quote]

You can have hospice services anywhere including nursing homes and memory care. It really enhances quality of life if they are eligible and the family is on the same page (some people want treatment, heroic measures, no DNR so hospice wouldn't be for them). Once you elect hospice, Medicare covers hospice 100%, but then you agree to not pursue things like rehab, hip replacements, etc. though you can always disenroll from hospice at any time and renroll later if you want to. The hospice layers on top of the memory care and manages qualify of life oversight, extra bathing, special equipment, and medications that nursing homes won't have like Ativan and Dilaudid (In the last 6 months, terminal agitation with dementia patients can be brutal). Also the hospice provides support to families and prepares them and their loved ones to have a comfortable remainder of life.

It's tough. I hear your point about your kids but it seems like if you push your mom out it could cause a permanent rift with your sister. These things turn ugly fast. She might even turn on you and refuse to sell her portion of the home to you. Can she take FMLA and come help? She probably needs to see first hand what is going on to get on board with the nursing home.[/quote]

Hospice is not daily care and nursing homes do give Ativan. [/quote]

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