Probably. And that’s why I hesitate to use it.

They subcontract it out to a third party, who’s name I’m forgetting, that doesn’t have a great reputation.

Thanks. The screaming wasn’t something I was ready for, and it stayed with me. The staff’s indifference to someone screaming is equally shocking. This is why hospice is so important. They know what to look for before things get to that point.

Hospice does not cost anything, and a patient can be evaluated for hospice if a medical doctor determines that they will likely die within the next year. Be very careful what hospice company you go with. They are businesses, and they are selling a service. You’re just not paying for it. Research them well.

A nursing home will be $10K/month, and might be a horrible experience. They are to be avoided at all costs. Medicare will pay for a nursing home IF there is some rehabilitation involved. For instance, the patient is getting physical / occupational / respiratory therapy while there. Medicare will not pay for “comfort care”, which is simply keeping someone comfortable while they’re dying.

I don’t think a primary residence can be taken for medical bills, particularly while a surviving spouse is living there, so their house should not be in danger.

Talk to an estate planner to help with safeguarding assets.

As far as home care, I got my dad a home health attendant, which will cost $25-$60/hour to help him around the house for two days per week. This worked out fine until he couldn’t get in and out of the bathtub anymore. At that point, he went into an assisted living facility ($7K/month, which didn’t even include everything), then got worse and moved up one level of care ($8K/month), then had a series of falls and wound up in a skilled nursing facility getting rehab (paid by Medicare), then began dying and was put on comfort care ($10K/month), and died after about two weeks.

It’s an absolute shitfest. Nursing homes are terrible. They basically tortured my dad so they could make more money before he died. I can still hear him screaming and it fucks me up that I put him in that place to try and save some money. They abused him, and I had to move him, while he was dying, to another facility that allowed hospice to have access to him. Hospice gave him good drugs and he died in peace. I feel responsible that his passing wasn’t easier.

Getting hospice involved earlier is a good move from the standpoint of keeping the patient comfortable, and preparing for the different stages that are coming next. They will know what to look for. You will not, and a lot of nurses won’t recognize the early signs of dying either. Get hospice involved.

You become a photon?

It is a PITA and should really be a slider. The site should also have a reset button.

Each second is one year on your spaceship. Look in the lower right corner.

This is helpful. Thanks.

Knower is really good!

I just found this today, so I know nothing about them at all.

Nice. Never heard this before.

And yet the fediverse has the opposite problem. You can never trust that something you deleted has actually been deleted on other servers.

Yes, the band name is a problem.

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I don’t use Facebook. Unfortunately, my neighbors use it to communicate. That’s the only reason I have it. I’ve also used the marketplace, but prefer Craigslist.

Both, plus failed connection something something…

Yes, there are errors related to fbcdn.net, which I guess is facebook’s content delivery network.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucus#In_the_United_States

Around this time of an election year, the political parties of each state get together and decide who their candidates are going to be. This story is about a small district in Iowa with a population of only 245 people. Their meeting was so small, it took place at someone’s house. It’s brutally cold there right now. Winter has nothing to do with it otherwise.

I know, it’s bad. I posted about it here: https://beehaw.org/post/10393316