And why did a hospice accept a patient that, as far as we know, was not diagnosed as 'soon to die'? Last week, the hospice's attorney was unavailable for comment; anyone heard if she's back and will talk?
I'm not certain exactly how it works, but have speculated that the scenario, or justification, is based on the doctor or family making a "quality of life" judgement. Gaddy was reported to have said that what with glacoma, and now this heart problem, it's time for Mae to go to Jesus. Gaddy concluded that dying was in Mae's best interests. That decision is used to bootstrap a death by dehydration. That is, decision is to stop feeding and watering, therefore the patient will die in 6 months. SInce the patient will die within 6 months, the patient is eligible for hospice.
Counsel for hospice will not be making any public statements. Count on it. And while I'd love to see a VERY public civil trial or criminal prosecution, I doubt either is in the cards.
I suspect that at some hospices, all patients are "soon to die", regardless of their health when they enter.