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In reply to the discussion: "But They Are Dying." Hospice physicians like me can't usually offer patients the care they need. - Slate [View all]
totodeinhere
(13,688 posts)33. Tom apparently was lucky enough to get into a good facility.
Not everybody is so lucky. And some areas have waiting lists and a patient like Tom doesn't get in at all. They pass before there is room for them at a facility. I hope I don't have to go through what Tom is going through. I just hope to die painlessly in my sleep.
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"But They Are Dying." Hospice physicians like me can't usually offer patients the care they need. - Slate [View all]
justaprogressive
Apr 2025
OP
That is bizarre - completely the opposite of my experience recently with hospice
whopis01
Apr 2025
#6
I am so sorry for him to have to put up with all that, and then pass. And your frustration. Your anger is justified.
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2025
#30
I hope I have the courage to take assisted end of life if I ever get in a terminal cancer or
3Hotdogs
Apr 2025
#4
I could not have survived my wife's cancer without the angels in hospice.
bluescribbler
Apr 2025
#17
My Grandpere spent the last month or so of his life in a hospice. It was a gift to us all...
TygrBright
Apr 2025
#29
I can't imagine how my experience with Hospice could have been any better than it was.
jackcrow2001
Apr 2025
#42
I took care of my husband at home. The hospice nurse came a few times to make sure everything was ok.
TommieMommy
Apr 2025
#51
I had no idea there was such drastic variation in the quality of hospice services!
ShazzieB
Apr 2025
#52