Wed 2 Jan, 2013 05:05 pm - Okay, one crucial fact I over-looked, the relative in the nursing facility, is now deceased. I won't examine too much, the details here. But whether they be practitioner, aide, or cyclops, I... (view)
Sun 30 Dec, 2012 09:35 pm - The patient in the nursing home is very much lucid with communication. I see no reason to halt much needed medication by any family member, if the nursing home patient is able to (logically)... (view)
Sun 30 Dec, 2012 09:23 pm - Very sorry about your mom. But was your mom able to communicate, coherently? In other words, could she have been able to refuse or continue her own medication? I would think not, with dementia. (view)
Sun 30 Dec, 2012 09:17 pm - Correct, hospice care providers are required to administer medication doses relative to their need. All the more reason why it is baffling, to say the least, that this particular hospice care... (view)