Should I come to terms with hospice recommendations when I feel it is immoral?

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Should I come to terms with hospice recommendations when I feel it is immoral?

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Hospice, night shift dropped the ball. She would not stay. I called my gals, and they told her I know mom, but she did not want to stay. Perhaps she was new to this... Told me and showed me how to crush morphine pill and rub it against inside cheek so body could absorb it... That was messed up. I did as she said. She forgot to tell me about the Ativan that should have gone along with morphine. So if anyone is in this predicament. Do not forget the ativan.. very important. helps to ease the brain from the body i suppose. I wish mom's was peaceful... It was a struggle. My aunt's roommate had the interveinous morphine, much better. Do check the way your hospice will administer the drug. That is important too. And it may vary on the DNR that is signed.

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I'm very sorry to hear you all had to go through such a terribly difficult time, made worse by poor nursing.
God bless you.
(((hugs)))

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My mother, 93, is in hospice. Thank God she is. What are your objections? More eyes. More care. More services. More communucation.

Do you realize that those at end of life without hospice die in pain, substantial pain.

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She feels hospice was brought in too soon.

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It's not assisted suicide or murder. It's allowing a natural death to occur without any extraordinary intervention. When it's my time and I am terminally ill, I know I wouldn't want any extraordinary intervention. I've stated it in my advance directive.

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If you feel it is immoral & your mother has not told you what her wishes are; then, no you must follow how you feel about the situation not what others want you to do. They may make it hard on you to "stick to your guns"; but, in the long run, you have to live with yourself, they don't. I put my mother on Hospice too soon & it was Hell trying to get the paperwork revoked. (They had told me there wouldn't be any problem if I decided to do so . . . such lies.) If I hadn't revoked Hospice, my mother would have died because even though she was of sound mind, they wouldn't have listened to her her decision to do so. When I put Mom on Hospice the 2nd time, the timing was right because she was already dying & what they did for her (pain medication wise helped her peacefully go. She had stopped taking her medication was barely eating anything & she had told me she was tired & didn't want to continue on. She was bedridden, hardly had any flesh on her bones & she had lost interest in everything. So the situation was very, very different that it had been the 1st time. If it were time for your mom to be on Hospice you'd know. It doesn't matter that she has the medical issues you described, if you feel it would be a form of "sanctified killing" then don't do it.

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