Jimmy Carter

One of many reasons he deserves everyone's respect.

 

Couldn't agree more. However, as you know, such infiltration occurs on numerous threads.
Some folks simply cannot resist. It's an itch that must immediately be scratched.

 

An itch that must immediately be scratched also is scolding people for the course that a conversation takes, and thus keeping the issue they’re annoyed by alive.

 

My mother was in home hospice care for three years. I was quietly approached in my garage one day by an MD who said he would do what he could to justify her remaining on care.
He was very distinguished in his field and I appreciated his support.

 

It cut the other quote

 

If you stop and think about it, there’s a helluva statement on our society here. “We don’t have enough resources to allow everyone a dignified transition into death, so if you take too long that’s tough luck.”

I don’t have a miracle solution, but damn.

 

To be fair, hospice isn't designed to be long-term care. They do a lot, so asking them to do it for more than a year is a heck of a burden.

 

The hospice my father was less labor intensive (and cheaper) than the skilled nursing care place he was in prior to the move. During the week it was a nurse and two aides with a doctor who popped in for 10 patients. There is less to do when it's hospice (no PT or OT or needing to move people in and out of bed), but hospice expense isn't outrageous.

The company which operates the place did most of its work in-home.

 

My FIL was in hospice care for nine months before he passed last February.

 

A neighbor's mom lived with her. She was 103, and one day, the doctor said he was starting her on hospice care, not because she was ill or weakening, but simply because at 103, she ticked pretty much all of the boxes necessary for hospice. She lived another year or so, and died at home. I suspect Carter, at 99, is in the same boat. He's very old, and they're not putting him back in the hospital if he gets sick, but beyond that, it's not the same as someone who's beating a terminal cancer prognosis by several months. I imagine he needs minimal care and has end-of-life instructions that prevent him being hooked up to a bunch of machines.

 

Is Carter “in hospice” or “receiving hospice care at home?”