Once again, reason to be grateful to my parents for making me an only child.
Going into hospice basically means no longer trying to cure whatever the person is dying from and just keeping them comfortable and pain free. In a nursing home situation, I don't know if that involves any change in actual environment like moving her to a different unit. In cancer patients it means stopping chemo and radiation. In heart patients, a lot of the meds and the O2 continue because difficulty breathing is painful.
If Emily's mother is dealing with dementia, just putting her on DNR (do not resusitate) status is probably all that is needed. DNR does not mean that if she has a fall and breaks an arm they will leave it untreated: it will be set and put in a cast because otherwise it would be painful. It just means that if the fall was caused by her heart stopping they will not do CPR or take any steps to restart the heart.
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Going into hospice basically means no longer trying to cure whatever the person is dying from and just keeping them comfortable and pain free. In a nursing home situation, I don't know if that involves any change in actual environment like moving her to a different unit. In cancer patients it means stopping chemo and radiation. In heart patients, a lot of the meds and the O2 continue because difficulty breathing is painful.
If Emily's mother is dealing with dementia, just putting her on DNR (do not resusitate) status is probably all that is needed. DNR does not mean that if she has a fall and breaks an arm they will leave it untreated: it will be set and put in a cast because otherwise it would be painful. It just means that if the fall was caused by her heart stopping they will not do CPR or take any steps to restart the heart.