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Maraya1969

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1. So maybe that is why my mom died 1.5 years after she was put on Hospice.
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 12:38 PM
Dec 2022

I didn't even know someone had to make the decision, (if so it was my brother who had power of attorney)

What really pissed me off is she was in a few different places and also lived with me for a few months during that time but when it came time for her to actually die they didn't move her to one of the Hospice inpatient places until the day that she actually died. I was rushing around trying to get there to be with her and stay overnight if necessary when I got the call that she had passed.


The people that I had known that passed in one of their inpatient places had great care given to them in their last days and they make it very easy for family members to be with them. Now I am wondering whey they waited so long to say she could go in one. It was not easy staying with my mom in her nursing home. There just wasn't a lot of room.


And then I gave them a big donation after her death. Now I find out it is a for-profit company!

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