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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 5555211" data-attributes="member: 58386">Don&#039;t be too trusting of hospice care. In our mother&#039;s final days. She was in a hospital at the time before her final trip back to the nursing home hospice called up and talked to my brother about the services it offered. It went like this:Hospice:&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;We can come in and fluff her pillow and check on her condition&quot;Brother &quot; Isn&#039;t that what CNA &#039;s and social workers do?Hospice: &quot;We can read bible verses to her&quot;Brother:&nbsp; &quot;She&#039;s stone deaf&quot;.And in a snide arrogant voice hospice employee&#039;s final words before she angerly hung up were: &quot;Oh well, the infection is going to kill her anyway&quot;.It made it obvious that all they were looking for was billings which meant that for all intents and purposes they were looking to get paid for doing....nothing.So don&#039;t confuse home health nurses with hospice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 5555211, member: 58386"] Don't be too trusting of hospice care. In our mother's final days. She was in a hospital at the time before her final trip back to the nursing home hospice called up and talked to my brother about the services it offered. It went like this: Hospice: "We can come in and fluff her pillow and check on her condition" Brother " Isn't that what CNA 's and social workers do? Hospice: "We can read bible verses to her" Brother: "She's stone deaf". And in a snide arrogant voice hospice employee's final words before she angerly hung up were: "Oh well, the infection is going to kill her anyway". It made it obvious that all they were looking for was billings which meant that for all intents and purposes they were looking to get paid for doing....nothing. So don't confuse home health nurses with hospice. [/QUOTE]

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