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I have an update on my mother. Should I go up to the hospital?
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JoAnn29
Answered Feb 2020
Hospice. How do you just sit and wait for someone to die?
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NeedHelpWithMom
Replied Dec 2020
Dramatic cognitive decline after hospitalization. Thoughts?
64 Answers
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TChamp
Answered Jan 2022
I'm having such a hard time knowing my mom is hysterical and in misery alone in hospital, and not being able to doing anything. Advice?
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MsResponsible
Replied Aug 2021
Is it bad that I wish my mother in law was dead?
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NeedHelpWithMom
Replied Oct 2020
Is disorientation after a hospital stay normal, or is my Gran just angling for more attention?
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Annabelle18
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81-year-old Mom's personality erased in two weeks. Any idea why?
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BarbBrooklyn
Answered Oct 2022
How do we get the hospital to keep mom?
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CaregiverL
Replied Jun 2020
Mom went to hospital for assessment now cannot talk. Has anyone else experienced such a thing?
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JanetM
Answered Jul 2018
Dementia and congestive heart failure - should I let them put mom in the hospital?
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lizzy1952
Answered May 2018
Anyone had luck with an ER dump?
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mstrbill
Replied Oct 2020
Mom keeps getting UTIs; 4 in last 5 months! Doctor won’t give her long term low dose antibiotic because he's afraid of resistance!
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disgustedtoo
Answered Mar 2019
Is it normal to feel panicky and like I'm suffocating in this ICU room with my dad?
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ibomifl4862
Answered Aug 2021
Can you get dementia from a hospital stay?
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southiebella
Answered Jul 2022
What happens if the hospital can’t calm a combative dementia patient down?
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BootShopGirl
Answered Feb 2018
Nursing service says I have to clean and dress my mother's bedsore? No. Way.
41 Answers
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OkieGranny
Answered Apr 2018
How does one deal with the death of BOTH parents in less than 2 years? My father passed a week ago and I am completely "empty" inside.
40 Answers
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Mbg2021
Answered Apr 2021
Should little children be visiting a hospitalized patient? And how do we explain his condition to them?
38 Answers
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MaryBX
Replied Jun 2021
Fasting/Abstaining/Fall Risk. Any advice?
37 Answers
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NinjaWarrior3
Answered Apr 2021
My father ended up in the emergency room and was put into a coma. How can I go about getting medical information from the hospital?
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Veronica91
Answered Feb 2018
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