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In reply to the discussion: Scott Adams blog: I Hope My Father Dies Soon [View all]csziggy
(34,137 posts)During my Dad's final days when the family decided that he would not survive or respond to treatment of his underlying illness, the hospital offered to move him to their palliative care ward. It was much like hospice - and in fact when he was transferred into the hospice program, he stayed in the same ward, in the same bed with many of the same caregivers. Hospice added another layer of assistance to Dad and to the family as well as expertise in easing his passage.
The treatment consisted of giving medications for pain and to keep him calm. Dad was strong - it took six days for him to fade. But at the end he went peacefully with as little pain as possible.
If Scott Adams was not offered an alternative such as this, the hospital he dealt with needs to move into the twenty first century.