Babe, fire the doctor. I did. Just in time. Just because they have that MD does not mean they graduated at the top of the class. ...Hospice care is wonderful, as long as it is a not-for-profit hospice. I have watched neighbors and friends resist hospice, or even just nursing homes, until the last minute. Trust me on this: at a certain point they do better with professional care from strangers.
thanks for the response, my doctor doesnt believe in nursing homes,he said that parents should be with there children until the end and not discarded to a home. The doctor said the quaility of care is just not the same. So I will not ask but tell him to get me some assistance in home health care or hospice. I think i've been to eager to please both the advise of doctor and mom and feel like ive spread my self to thin. Did i mention i also have my 89 yr old mother in law living with me too she has emphysema!!! They both see the same doctor.
i would talk to the family doctor and he could get you started on hospices thru the home health care . i called the doctor last summer cuz my dad was acting like he was dying , dr ask me do i want home health nurse or do i want hospices . i tol dhim lets start with home health nurses . nurse said it was the painpill that put my dad into a lala land , so had to wean him off of it and now he s back to himself . call your doctor ...
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i called the doctor last summer cuz my dad was acting like he was dying , dr ask me do i want home health nurse or do i want hospices . i tol dhim lets start with home health nurses .
nurse said it was the painpill that put my dad into a lala land , so had to wean him off of it and now he s back to himself .
call your doctor ...