If she wasn’t terminally ill that hospice should be investigated and so should the doctor who certified her.
This is the criteria that must be followed to be admitted to hospice:
Physician certifies a life expectancy of six months or less if the disease progression runs its ordinary course (hospice eligibility re-certification every 60 days)
Patient or legal guardian elects Hospice benefit
Patient resides in service area
Non-Cancer Diagnoses:
Alzheimer’s/Dementia
Heart Disease
Respiratory/Emphysema
Stroke
Kidney/Liver Disease
Debility
The woman who helped her mother die sounds like she may not understand the aging process and how that can affect the emotional and mental condition of the elderly. She should have seen to it that her mother had gotten help from her private physician immediately if she was talking of suicide. She shouldn’t have to have given it a second thought.
If your loved one is talking of suicide, you do everything to stop them.