I just heard something horrible from a person in this assisted living facility in NY. Either she does not understand Alzheimer's late stage or she is liberal about living in the end stage.
She was telling me that facility either take the AD elder if he can talk/walk/feed himself. When he cannot feed himself/talk/walk, they would put him in the hospice in the facility. She also talked about DNR and etc.
I replied and said it is not right. Well it is NOT right!!! My impression of hospice is in the last few months when he cannot swallow or may not have feeding tube and etc. or when he is really dying from some disease for a short time. (6 months at most.)
She said it is NY laws. I think she got it wrong or she is incompetent in this sense. It is about the right to live in the end without hospice. Not to mention the hospice always drops the means to live maximum. e.g., the hospice can give pain killer dose that is enough to kill the person and does not bother to "feed" the person through the IV and etc.
Be aware that some assisted living facility seems to have the wrong concept. I don't believe this is NY laws.
Maybe it is the terminology that makes the talk different but to say it is time for hospice when the person cannot talk/walk, it is nonsense. It is not about if the life is significant or not, It is about the precious value of life.
Nina
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