tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482761480837815191.post5242583186270919684..comments2023-10-21T04:35:29.603-04:00Comments on The Geriatrician: What is the purpose of hospice?Joshua Uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00663535211093486465noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482761480837815191.post-51337305748925134652011-08-16T16:55:19.001-04:002011-08-16T16:55:19.001-04:00Thanks for the typo correction. I do struggle as ...Thanks for the typo correction. I do struggle as to how to help those in patient scenario #3. What I don't want to do is force those patients to accept the usual designations because health care providers won't take the time or make the effort to respect a person's goals and wishes.Joshua Uyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663535211093486465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482761480837815191.post-37383649409779057182011-08-15T00:25:43.815-04:002011-08-15T00:25:43.815-04:00I think you have a typo in the last sentence; shou...I think you have a typo in the last sentence; should be "mediate" rather than "medicate."<br /><br />I like your three patient type scenario. Many of those in a neurodegenerative disorders support group I run are patient #3s. The key sticking point comes when the caregiver (usually more often the caregiver than the patient) wants to go to the ER due to a fall. Perhaps the patient is bleeding, perhaps the patient may have broken a bone, perhaps the patient has hit his head hard on the floor. The caregiver says "Of course we'd go to the ER for this." The caregiver sometimes fails to call hospice first to get hospice benefits revoked. I do wish hospice agencies would go through various scenarios with patient #3s and, more importantly, their caregivers to be sure everyone is on the same page.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353008292714458631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482761480837815191.post-7921522768276009522011-05-18T23:55:50.965-04:002011-05-18T23:55:50.965-04:00http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/02/1008...http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/02/100802fa_fact_gawandeTaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12152353557463484221noreply@blogger.com