Re: calling hospice/Dena

[Guest guest]

Hi Dena,

I wish you luck. I begged and pleaded with Jim's

doctor to request an evaluation from Hospice for Jim,

with reluctance the doctor finally wrote a request for

a Hospice evaluation, telling me Jim was not 6 months

terminally ill, but Hospice did come to the house to

evaluate Jim and I played every angle of how much

demands and needs Jim is and I can't do this alone and

she went back in the bedroom to see him, he was in bed

at the time. She asked if he could sit up, he could

not on his own, but with assistance did fine and she

said he did not qualify, because he was not bedridden.

If you have better results, let me know what they saw

for qualifications. Thanks, Jan

--- Dena LEAVITT wrote:

> Dear Stevie and Jan

>

> I just called hospice with the number you gave me

> Stevie. She told me that in California many doctors

> feel the patient has to be bedridden because hospice

> has been abused in CA. With dementia patients

> doctors

> were asking for hospice and the patients lived 3 or

> 4

> years on the program and this was impacting the

> program. So now, doctors think they have to wait

> until

> they are bedridden. The hospice worker told me that

> is

> not the case. You can ask for a evaluation from

> hospice or from your doctor. Just evaluate and see

> if

> they meet the criteria. I did this today also. I

> left

> messages everywhere so I hope and pray someone calls

> me back.

>

> Thanks again Stevie for all your great help

>

> Dena

>

>

>

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