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Originally Posted by villageuser
Not quite correct. If someone has been on decline for awhile, like my mother, she gets put on Hospice. That’s why it’s good to reach out and have them evaluate the person.
As long as the person continues to decline, they stays on Hospice. If they were to level out for a few months, then they’d take them off Hospice, but when the decline starts again, they’d get put back on. A few times they thought they’d be able to take my mom off Hospice, and there were a few times they started to prepare me because they thought she was transitioning. It’s not a linear journey, which is why they’re careful in their decisions. It’s been great having them there, including having them there to talk to. (Besides nursing and bathing help, they have a chaplain and social worker.)
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Vitas also have volunteers who will come and stay with the patient but cannot do any medical chores.
We have had Vitas for three years but my Mom has Alzheimers and often sundowns which is very difficult to deal without the meds. I think the most important thing about Vitas is that we get prescriptions either delivered or which I can pick up. The Alzheimers does not get better. Only worse.
My Dad luckily got long term nursing insurance which we have had first Trusted Home Care and now Right at Home people coming in. Trusted Home Care was $24 an hour three years ago and Right at Home is $30 an hour.