I have had co-workers tell me about doing it to their own parents.
It is pretty common these days, sadly. I am sorry about your grief and loss.
Thank you. I am gearing up for the fight again and I will not back down in any way this time. My mother has 4th stage breast cancer and will be counseled about hospice in the next week or two. Over my dead body while screaming to the media, they will NOT do to her what they did to my stepfather and my mother-in-law.
I have posted the nightmare with my stepfather on FR a couple times. My mother in law’s story is recent. The hospital nurses lied when asked about providing hydration, I found the evidence to contradict what my husband was told online in Stanford’s end of life protocol. She went to the hospital for slight shortness of breath and mild confusion, but died 8 days later. She was diabetic, they never checked her levels and they gave no insulin. They kept assuring my husband she was improving amd would go home on Thurs. My father in law was not sure what was going on, but kept repeating she was going home on Thurs. On Fri we were told she was in a coma and on Fri afternoon she was transferred to the hospice wing of the hospital. My husband flew out Sat morning. He found her in a bed no sheets or blanket in a short nightgown. He arrived a the hospital at 6PM she passed away around 9PM. He questioned the nurses about the lack of hydration and demanded a blanket to cover her. His father is now sort of waking up from the fog and is worrying about why knowing she was diabetic they never tested her levels nor gave insulin. She was alert eating and drinking when admitted. After admission there was no food nor water given and no tests of her sugar levels, coma within days, who’s surprised?
I just want to scream from the rooftops. WAKE UP AMERICA IT ALREADY HAPPENS!