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Originally Posted by PugMom
you touched on 1 of the things about hospice i'm not comfortable with: the lack of care when an issue should arise. if you have a heart attack, etc., no care is given. they hold your hand while you die, ...please tell me i'm wrong
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You're wrong. The family or patient can request to go to the ER if they want to at any time. I was an ICU nurse for 20 years. Took care of many patients that were hospice but when they really started feeling bad requested to go to the ER. Then we had to have the conversation of Hospice or no Hospice. A lot of patients turned into comfort care only and died at the hospital. I think sometimes family or patients on Hospice will panic and call 911 when they start feeling really crummy.