He is 82 years old, hallucinating and tremors and atrophic, am nervous. Dad has had liver cancer for the last 5 years even though it did not spread or grow it has left its damage, now he is hallucinating, high ammonia levels and it is atrophic, dr tolsd me today i might want to start considering hospice, dony know what to do , am nervous
It provided a "minister" to officiate at the funeral. He was a buffoon, insulting, amateurish and the only benefit of his presence was that he was such an a** that I was too angered at his insult to our family to be crying over my relative's death.
I think he was a mail order minister, if even that. He certainly wasn't an ordained one.
When I saw that same company represented at an AAA Expo, I initiated a converation to see what I could find out about them, intending to list them in my files as a company to avoid. I learned that there are actually two hospices of the same name, with different ownerships and affiliations. The representative of the "good" company told me he was aware of the other company and its bad reputation.
So, Sic, if you choose hospice, do your homework. And you might also ask your father's oncologist about an estimated duration of life.
When you feel nervous and unsettled, perhaps you can calm yourself by thinking that by making good but tough decisions, you will be helping him through the most difficult stage of his life.