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Hospice patients are expected to die: The treatment focuses on providing comfort to the terminally ill, not finding a cure. To enroll a patient, two doctors certify a life expectancy of six months or less.
Hospice patients are expected to die: The treatment focuses on providing comfort to the terminally ill, not finding a cure. To enroll a patient, two doctors certify a life expectancy of six months or less.
I lived this nightmare with my dad.
Hospice has it's place, I guess, but it is now used as a "Death Panel"
They are there to kill you as fast and as painless as possible.
They were going to starve and dehydrate my dad. Christopher House here in Austin TX. Catherine Berry is Doctor evil - Doctor Kevorkin. They lady is lucky I didn't sue that place. I got him out of there and to rehab.
Watchout for Home Healthcare companies too. They are in with Medicare and they will slip a Hospice nurse in there without your knowledge. They(your loved one) are starting to cost Medicare(the government) too much money and it is time to go.
There is going to come a time where a program begins to efficiency dispose of people whose upkeep out-costs any prior or potential earnings or value to society. Right now it's with the elderly but eventually it will be others.
I lived this nightmare with my dad.
Hospice has it's place, I guess, but it is now used as a "Death Panel"
They are there to kill you as fast and as painless as possible.
They were going to starve and dehydrate my dad. Christopher House here in Austin TX. Catherine Berry is Doctor evil - Doctor Kevorkin. They lady is lucky I didn't sue that place. I got him out of there and to rehab.
Watchout for Home Healthcare companies too. They are in with Medicare and they will slip a Hospice nurse in there without your knowledge. They(your loved one) are starting to cost Medicare(the government) too much money and it is time to go.
Seriously.
I had the exact opposite experience. My mother was well cared for in her own home, never went hungry or thirsty, had all the pain medication she wanted, and spent her last few days surrounded by her family.
I have seen incidences where patients and family members had great experiences with HOSPICE, others not so much. I can see where the potential is for abuse and have heard some stories where monetary and moral abuses ooccurred. It seems that with the passage and implementation of the ACA, the door has been potentially opened for more abuses to occur.
Near the end of life, often a person is too weak to even swallow. Eating food is out of the question and providing liquids when unable to swallow and kidneys aren't functioning ~ isn't seen as a 'comfort' measure. It leads to choking/aspiration and swelling.
My own mother refused any IV nourishment before she slipped into a coma. She knew she was actively dying.
But this article is about the opposite -- they aren't killing the patients to save money, they're talking healthy patients who aren't dying but surviving hospice so they can take more Medicare/Medicaid money from them.
I lived this nightmare with my dad.
Hospice has it's place, I guess, but it is now used as a "Death Panel"
They are there to kill you as fast and as painless as possible.
They were going to starve and dehydrate my dad. Christopher House here in Austin TX. Catherine Berry is Doctor evil - Doctor Kevorkin. They lady is lucky I didn't sue that place. I got him out of there and to rehab.
Watchout for Home Healthcare companies too. They are in with Medicare and they will slip a Hospice nurse in there without your knowledge. They(your loved one) are starting to cost Medicare(the government) too much money and it is time to go.
Seriously.
This is the hidden danger of Hospice. They hold the power of pharmaceutical pain care hostage--which EVERY dying patient should be entitled to--in return for NOT allowing ANY treatment that will prolong life in the slightest.
My dad died of gangrene infection in a nursing home, and within three days of noticing the wound was no longer healing, he was so out of his mind with infection that he recognized nobody and was no longer the person I knew. He was gone two days later.
Had I simply managed to slip him some simple antibiotics, he would have survived that infection and lived at least another few months, maybe years more. Think about it NOW, because it won't occur to you in the crisis.
Here's a suggestion - don't pay them on days treatment or services aren't received.
That's not enough to matter to the massive bottom line, because they will have endless other stuff they get paid for that you aren't allowed to contest. And the person providing the services doesn't really care--you have to make it in their best interests to keep your loved one alive.
As a start, let everyone involved know you have a lawyer in the family (even if you don't) and WILL SUE unless you are thrilled with the level of service. Tell them you have done it before and made lots of money, and make a big show of DOCUMENTING everything with cameras and notes and interviews that could be later used in a lawsuit.
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