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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother was in hospice in 2019. They provided a bed and some supplies but we still have to order more. Hospice visits once a week for one hour. We thought there would be so much more help than there was. My amazing father became her nurse, changing her diapers, wiping her mouth and caring for her. She lived on hospice for about eight weeks.
One of the only helpful things I did was google and found a document about the stages of death from a hospice website. It listed a timeline of what you can see and it was really helpful, because no doctor would tell us and we felt like we had no idea if she was going to survive after her period of hospice, or pass away. Once I found that document, I understood that not eating, having trouble regulating body temperature, and sleeping all the time Was a stage of death

Given the cost of elder care, I expect to see a similar process play out with my dad and my in-laws. There really is no help for anyone and it’s on families to do end of life care if you are not wealthy. I’m not quite sure how we will manage it. Maybe I will have to leave my job.[/quote]

Medicare pays for in patient hospice care [/quote]

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