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janie77 Asked February 2018

Does hospice comfort care treat for UTI?

We are located in NY.

reniwinterevans Feb 2018
Absolutely yes. I am a hospice social worker and hospice regs allow for coverage of diagnosis and treatment for a UTI. If your hospice does not, I would look for another hospice.

gladimhere Feb 2018
Yes, they should treat it as a comfort measure because of delusional behaviors that often develop.

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SueC1957 Feb 2018
They should. It is not a "life saving" measure. It is a "comfort measure". Glad pointed out that it also would stop any furthering of confusion due to the infection.
Get the nurse to call and get an antibiotic order.

Grandma1954 Feb 2018
They treated my Husband.
UTI is not the "life limiting" disease that brought them to Hospice.
Hospice will treat for UTI, Fungal issues as well as other conditions.
They may not be able to get a urine sample if the person does not have a catheter or is not using a urinal or commode. (although there are some inserts that can be placed on the toilet to capture urine and fecal matter for testing if necessary. They would probably go by symptoms. Odor, color and the patients change in personality or activity as well as any signs of discomfort.

otbreno Feb 2018
Yes, just signed up with hospice last week and they had the script in hand the next morning. No tests, just asked symptoms. Hospice has been a GODSEND, if they arent for you I agree with previous posters, get another hospice - AWESOME!!!

lbleighton Feb 2018
Absolutely they should be getting antibiotics for her. It would be no different than if, say, she cut her finger and it got infected.

ncglasses Feb 2018
Absolutely! My dad has recurrent UTI's and the hospice nurse ordered Bactrim right away. No worries. Hospice does not want their patients to be uncomfortable, or hallucinating from UTI infection.

anonymous476223 Feb 2018
Yes....in our experience.

findthehumor Feb 2018
Yes, Hospice is treating my mom for UTI currently.

DonnaF Feb 2018
My experience with Hospice has been with end of life care only. We only have one provider of Hospice care in our County. So no choice there. What I did learn is not all Hospice care is the same. Different, states, different counties makes it all very interesting to say the least. You can only ask. If the answer is no, then dig into it.

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