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August 1, 2013
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Trying to find the right words: I know synonyms used
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….
There is no reason other than historical accident.
There are different institutions for developmental disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, physical disabilities, dying people, elderly people, people needing temporary care, rehabilitation, respite, drug addicts, deaf people, blind people, people with brain damage, people with neurological conditions, alcoholics, etc.
There’s no special REASON things are divided up like that. And sometimes they’re divided differently depending on where you are. And sometimes there are even institutions for one specific disability.
Services often follow the exact same pattern as institutions.
In the case of hospice, it’s existed for a long long time. Since before psychiatry existed. Since before developmental disability as a concept existed. Which are two other categories that were completely arbitrary.
Since hospice has been its own thing so long, and people have been educated to work as hospice workers so long, it still exists as its own thing.
That’s all there is to it. There is rarely a reason other than that.
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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...
rauisuchia likes this- 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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