"But They Are Dying." Hospice physicians like me can't usually offer patients the care they need. - Slate

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23. it really sucks

And that goes for the VA too.

I remember driving around with him in the car going from one place to the next trying to find something called HELP for him.

The VA enrolled him as a patient and gave him one-half of a shingles shot. He did not live long enough to get the other half of it.

The VA told him that he was "in at the wrong time" and that he did not qualify for much help. He enlisted in 1959 and got out after being extended in 1963. He was stationed in Germany and received an honorable discharge and a commendation from JFK for his extended service time, and no don't you dare say that there was "something wrong with his DD214"!!!!

He got nothing and was released with impaired hearing which was at a 70% loss when he died. It was from firing off guns for 4 years with no hearing protection.

In the end, he fell and broke his hip. Why they operated on a man his age that weighed maybe 120 lbs. tops is beyond me other than sheer greed.

When he woke up from the surgery, he could not breathe nor swallow. The was no nursing home to be found for him so he was transferred to their local "Hero Center" for end of life "care" = morphine until you are dead and gone.

He tried to escape from this facility but was unable to do so.

The last time I saw him, they had called me and told me to come there ASAP. And, so I went. He was in a bed and going up and down, up and down, up and down like doing sit-ups! I received no explanation as to WHY he was doing this. He was not aware that I was in the room.

I left never to return. He died a few hours later.

SO MUCH FOR HOSPISSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm still so fucking angry I cannot see straight.