Enjoying life.

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rainwater
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bradman wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 6:38 pm Another trip through Hospice.

There are no words for those that tend to those needs.

A simple thank you will have to do.

Anything more than that and i choke.
sorry bradman, hope your alright.

i always thot hospice was a service granted, i did not know it cost money.
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rainwater wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:10 pm sorry bradman, hope your alright.

i always thot hospice was a service granted, i did not know it cost money.
Thanks rain. It is what it is.

Once in hospice most costs are covered. It's between regular medicare needs and hospice that there's a dead zone that doesn't cover needs. example: before hospice, if you jump through the right hoops, medicare will help cover costs for wheelchairs and scooters for mobility outside the home. But a wheel chair ramp out of the house? Fuck no. It's attached to the home and considered a "home improvement." In what world does that make sense? So, we bought one.
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Another example: The further along you get the more hospital stays there are. That's where the 3 day rule comes in. If the stay is 3 nights it qualifies you for in home help. Nurses, PT, OT, and handicap aids. Stay 2 nights and you are on your own whether you need help or not. It's why any decent doctor will "code" it right to keep you for a 3rd night. So remember, if they want to discharge you before 3 days you have to make up all kinds of problems which will trigger more tests to assure a 3rd night and qualify you for in home help.
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As far as once in hospice, the care givers get just as frustrated with the chaotic rules as we do. The care they give though? I've never met such kind and caring people. It's one thing to go through the hell of end of life care once or twice. They do it every day. It takes a big heart to do something like that.
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As another poster kindly pointed out my brain fart. This round of Hospice is not me but my Mother.
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