What does a nursing agency do when someone is dying at home?

What does a nursing agency do when someone is dying at home?

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Empowering Angels

We are excited to tell you about an amazing group and one of their upcoming events. Here are the details: Imagine feeling and being more confident so that it allows you to live a life of ease. What would you achieve? How fulfilled could you be? The Empowering Angles will help boost your faith in…

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How often do we need a personal support worker?

I’ll be taking care of mom’s bills and care from here on in. How often do you suggest we pay for a personal support worker and how much?

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What about Live-In-Help?

My parents are doing ok, but they I think that having some live-in-help would be a good idea. What do you think?

Ron

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Not A Good “POA”

My husband Cliff is the POA for his father who has had a major stroke and is basically a zombie. Cliff takes care of the financial side of things but rarely visits and never goes to the hospital when his Dad is taken there. My husband counts on “the system” to do the caregiving for his father. He “manages” his Dad’s affairs but his lack of care giving skills drives me crazy.

Allison

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Is Dad eating properly?

How can I tell if my dad is eating properly? He seems to be getting less interested by the day.

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From Jane

I’m 44 and my father who has been ill for a long time passed away last Sunday.

He sexually abused me most of my life, but i was able to disassociated, and put my daddy and the monster who abused me into different *boxes*

I loved my dad, and that is/was the only way I could deal with it. He did admit the abuse, we cried for hours and he apologized years ago.

I wanted my father to die, he was suffering so much, and in so much pain. He was also killing my mom as she tried to look after him. She has MS and fibro.

Now I feel so guilty and I feel like I’m a ice sculpture which has been shattered. I’m reverting to a little girl, calling and crying out for my daddy, yet I’ve got shadows of the darkness from what he did to me, haunting me.

It’s not like it’s something I can talk to the family about. I will get counselling once I get home, but that will be in at least a week.

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Arranging 24 hour care

We’re told that dad will need round the clock care when he comes home from the hospital. How do we arrange this?

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Help us improve palliative care in Ontario!

Team Losing Our Parents is participating in the 2011 Healing Cycle Ride to raise funds for hospice palliative care in Ontario. 100% of donations go directly to improving hospice palliative care, which we believe is a VERY important cause. Why? You probably assume that when someone you love nears end of life they will receive…

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Moving and homecare

We’re moving to another city and would like to take our elderly aunt. How do we make sure her homecare continues?

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