Posted on 04/30/2017 7:02:32 PM PDT by Coleus
I don’t like this legislation at all.
Sounds like the insurance company/medicare trying to save a buck.
For the record, Hospice agencies are paid a per diem to manage a patient’s terminal condition. MUCH cheaper than hospitals and multiple doctors. It is in a Hospice providers financial interest to keep a patient alive as long as possible.
Hospice providers are required to advocate for the patient.
That hospice nurse and that Dr are obviously idiots. Dehydration (in people with a thirst sense intact) is a hideous way to go.
Mild/moderate dehydration for several days leads to renal failure resulting in urea poisoning, which IS a peaceful way to go. MUCH better than pneumonia.
Pneumonia and renal failure are the two primary proximal causes of death.
I’m sorry you had a bad experience. I have had thousands of patients whose families would disagree.
Nazi Eugenics in a nutshell. The Nazis may have been destroyed but their legacy continues under various names: euthanasia, mental health, etc.
Once the precedent is set the definition of “quality of life” will change to justify the murders of ever-widening groups of people.
I was caretaker for an aunt with dementia. She was in a nursing facility. She slipped and fell and broke her hip.
When she came out of surgery her dementia had worsened. She had lost the ability to swallow. It was such that we could try to teach her to swallow through occupational therapy. Except by the time the next meal came by, she would have “forgotten” once again.
So, she wasn’t eating. She was in pain.
Pain meds were keeping her comfortable.
At what stage do you allow them to end their fight?
Renal failure can lead to multiple cardiac events. Not a pleasant way to go.
While true, it is rare in the very elderly and almost unheard of in the ES dementia patients.
It surprises alot of people, but over HALF of my Alzheimer’s patients had NO OTHER significant health issues.... NONE.
I call it: Senior Citizen’s Dementia Hip Syndrome.
You’d be shocked at how common your aunt’s story is....
So we learned.
Once we decided to let her go, she was unconscious in a day. But she lingered for a week...never regaining consciousness. I was amazed at how long she hung on.
What a long week that was.
Probably because they didn’t think about the process and what is involved. If they separated their emotions and looked upon it with more logic they would realize it is barbaric and there is nothing peaceful or dignified about the process.
My aunt had no medical history. She went to the dentist every six months. No cavities ever. She walked 3-5 miles every day up until six months before she passed.
If not for the AD, should could have lived well into her 90’s.
OK CBP.... your hatred of Hospice based on your bad experience is logical, while thousands of Americans that praise it to the skies are emotional.
Believe what you wish. Your emotions make you unable to be rational, therefore, I’m wasting my time on you.
Good day.
My beautiful Mom has dementia. This makes me ill.
I would bet cash money that if you allow a dog, cat or horse to starve in Oregon that you will be arrested and charged with cruelty.
I am so sorry, dforest. It is really awful, a terrible trial for all involved with many difficult decisions to be made.
The government should not be involved at all. They clearly do not know how to make wise or compassionate choices.
Thanks, the thought of her being starved to death hurts me to the bone. Life can be so cruel anymore.
If it’s anything like fasting, you don’t feel hungry after the first three days. Nonetheless, if I want to starve to death, that is my choice. If I don’t want to starve to death and some old folks home starves me to death, that is murder.
YES. I KNOW. MY MOTHER FOUND THAT OUT ALSO.
YES. I KNOW. MY MOTHER FOUND THAT OUT ALSO.
Thanks so much
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