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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:12 AM Original message |
Why Medicare spends so much money on the last year of life - a little insight. |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. PBS has a Death & Dying series that addresses this very issue. Generally it is because |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think my family had a good feel for what was possible and what wasn't - |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. As someone who could very well be making that decision about myself |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. There was an excellent article in the New Yorker a year or so back on this issue. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. OMG, that was a hard read. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Thank you.... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Prepare a health directive so that your children to not feel guilt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Single adults need to have a designated proxy or even someone who |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. The only discussion should be between the patient and their doctor. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'm staying out of any discussion, and I agree that the decision |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. you wouldn't know. So it's really a moot question for you, as you are not the patient. |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Unfortunately, it's not really that simple |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I already clarified that above, in my conversation with the other poster. |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. In reality, many mentally competent people seek the opinions of family in these matters |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I see that decision made daily |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Tough issues |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. i had to tell my sisters that our mother who just had a stroke.. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. My FIL is going to go any day now...has been in ICU for 4 weeks |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. In many cases, we treat our pets better than our relatives |
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ehrnst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It seems easier to spend money prolonging death than it does to provide basic care for all. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Again - I think the issue of money complicates an already complicated situation. |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Indeed. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
13. My mom had disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I'm sorry that must have been difficult. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. It should never be about the money. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I think the money issue complicates things because the focus should be |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Sorry, you're wrong. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. i can see how it happens my mom is over 90 and has been in the hospital |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. Here's another comment on this issue: |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. I think a lot of families are reluctant to let go. |
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