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What is involved in an assessment for hospice care? Is there any reason NOT to have an assessment for a person around late stage 6? Does Medicare pay for hospice entirely? Yesterday my father fainted in MC and was sent to the ER. I was called at work and went to the hospital within an hour. Fortunately the ER doctor was a…
Hello, Long time lurker, first time poster. Mom (88) was ambulatory with walker in MC with what is probably early Late Stage dementia (word salad, often incontinent, but still sometimes in on the conversation.) She fell and broke her hip early AM yesterday. We were told she is not a candidate for surgical repair - between…
Hello all thank you for providing a network of caregivers to help guide others through this horrible disease. My grandfather was officially diagnosed over a year ago with Alzheimer's. I am his MPOA and am new to all of this. I am just wondering if anyone has any advice on the following. He has UHC Medicare Advantage and I…
I have these questions, and no one can just give me a straight answer. My mom (66years old) was diagnosed with ALZ, in 2022. I guess we can call it EO because she was 63 years old at the time of diagnosis. She has type 1 Diabetes and last month she was put into hospice at home. She was hospitalized Oct 17 for her blood…
Just for some background, my DH's geriatrician recently diagnosed him with vascular dementia, based on the fact that he had a stroke 3-1/2 years ago. At the time we were told that the only outcome of the stroke was aphasia (word finding difficulty). Since that time he has become disabled due to a bad fall resulting in a…
For quite a while now, my mother has been declining cognitively. It isn't a steep decline but steady enough that I often notice things she used to do for herself that she no longer does. Also, Mom had two "spells" in the last four months where she spaced out, went cold and clammy with a low BP and low heart rate. Both…
In reference to the lady I care for. I have a concern with conflicting information. Medical records from hospice Dr states type 2 diabetes. Nurse from hospice stated she was not diabetic. I mentioned this to her son and he had zero knowledge of his mother being diabetic. Should I press her son to get answers or am I being…
Update: I'm sitting here in my kitchen after bringing my husband home on hospice almost a week ago from MC. He's now on day 31 of not eating anything and day 15 with no meds. He wasn't really drinking much for several days and all of a sudden over the weekend, he decided he was thirsty. He consumed about 3-4 cups of fluid…
Update: I’m sitting here in his MC room waiting for the ambulance to come bring my DH home. He’s on day 26 of not eating, day 10 of refusing all of his meds (he has significant heart issues), and day 3 of less than 8 oz of fluids/day. He’s terrified about being left alone, even for just a few minutes, so I’ve been here…
Hi everybody, I haven’t been on for a bit. I’m still struggling to adjust to DH in Memory Care, and it’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Memory care hasn't been horrible, but there are definitely good care aides, and not so good care aides. I’m very glad I decided to go at different times of the day and just pop in…
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