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8:41pm August 1, 2013

➸ Trying to find the right words: I know synonyms used

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josiahd:

but I don’t know what people actually *mean* when they say “palliative care" or “hospice" or any of that.

Except that it means not trying to save someone’s life while they are dying. But I don’t know what else it means.

And there are hospice institutions…

I know from stories of other disabled people that bad things do sometimes occur. Like disabled people who want to and can live, having their families and doctors pushing or coercing them into hospice against their wishes.

Also hospice is not just for dying people. The occasional person who isn’t dying goes there sometimes, although I’m not sure for what.

Also there are some programs that do hospice at home for people who would rather die at home.

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elenilote reblogged this from apheline and added:
Palliative care means the care given to the patient is aimed at keeping them comfortable, not at ‘curing’ them. It means...
apheline reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
but I don’t know what people actually *mean* when they say “palliative care" or “hospice" or any of that. Except that it...
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clatterbane reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
The hospice my mom used only did in-home care, which meant that we were primary nursing staff, but I think was better in...
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withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
There is no reason other than historical accident. There are different institutions for developmental disabilities,...
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whyaremyfishturningpink reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
it’s to my knowledge when it’s been decided that treatment is not going to work for the person so they’re preparing to...
super-rainbows said: I’d been under the impression that it was for things that were extremely/100% terminal, like if someone definitely only had a month to live either way or something, as opposed to if they had like a year left or longer depending on treatments.
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