The research I’ve done on feeding tubes indicates that the cost is only a few hundred dollars a day, this is very minimal by health care standards. Additionally, patients can usually be taken home and their families can do everything (a nurse just needs to check in a few times a month). There is NO REASON that any person in the US should die of starvation and dehydration.
If it costs so little, why the fuss?
They family SHOULD be allowed to just take her home and care for her.
Good post, thanks. Feeding tubes are inexpensive and complications from them are not that common.
“The research I’ve done on feeding tubes indicates that the cost is only a few hundred dollars a day, this is very minimal by health care standards. Additionally, patients can usually be taken home and their families can do everything (a nurse just needs to check in a few times a month). “
You forgot the part about the caretaker possibly needing to work to keep that home. If I were the one in bad shape, my wife would be the one to take care of me, yet there’s no way she could stop working.
It’s generally not as simple as you make it sound.