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In very weak patients, such as end-stage cancer patients, that are unconscious either due to disease processes or due to sedation, the respiratory depression that morphine causes may speed up dying, however.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoNo. Morphine is used to control pain or shortness of breath. People at end of life may require very little morphine or major doses depending on their disease process.
People will state but I gave my loved one morphine and she died right afterward.
When someone is in pain or discomfort the body releases adrenaline that keeps the patient going. With the decrease in pain / discomfort there is no adrenaline and the body is able to relax and the dying process continues.
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∙ 11y agoNo; being in hospice means close to death for the patient.
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∙ 14y agoOnly if you overdose.
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If hospice patient has no elevated pain or shortness of breath, but has anxiety, why use Morphine? ?? Why not use anti-anxiety med to relieve the troubling symptom. If one uses morphine, it seems like they are just aiding the death because once on Morphine the patient would have to be weaned off of it and that is not common in hospice practices. This is my understanding anyway. The saying goes.... the doctor is sometimes treating the family rather than the patient.
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Is death immeinent when a hospital patient is moved to a Hospice facility?
Yes, the statement is true.
How do families feel about being able to use the hospice?
Since the patient and his or her family members are considered the unit of care, hospice programs continue to support families and loved ones after the patient's death.
Hospice patients dying starts running fever?
This is a very common occurrence with patient's who are in the dying process. Basically, the patient's body has begun to struggle with temperature regulation and fevers may occur. Additionally, infections such as pneumonia are common at this stage and can cause fevers. For patients who are close to an expected death, the fever is usually treated only for comfort reasons (because having a fever makes a person feel poorly). If the patient is receiving Hospice Care, notify the provider of the fever immediately.
What services do hospice programs provide?
Again, hospice is not a place, but rather a term to describe the type of care that is received by such patients. There are hospice facilities, hospice care wards within a nursing home or or hospital; and hospice care staff who provide hospice care in a patient's home or other location.
CAN a person request to reprogram the morphine machine justified by an ethical right to decide the course of his own death?
We frequently titrate the dose of morphine a patient is receiving based on their complaints or appearance of discomfort. It is acceptable to increase morphine for pain, anxiety or respiratory distress but I would be hesitant to increase it at the request of patient or family to "speed up the dying process".
Do hospice medications accelerate death?
Not all hospice medications accelerate death. It depends on a variety factors such as the care recipient's medical history. Medication works differently for everybody, and this includes hospice patients.
Do you need a dnr to use hospice?
The essence of hospice is to provide a comfortable end of life experience. Death is immanent. So, basically, a DNR is inferred with hospice.
How to get rid of hospice when no longer needed the patient currently is in a nursing home and doing good the power of attorney will not release them this is in west Virginia?
It must first be determined WHY the patient's POA will not release Hospice. They may have a perfectly good reason, (i.e.: the patient's outlook is guarded, or death may be more imminent than anyone realizes). Has anyone asked them? If they will not communicate with the immediate family, you could contact the court and peitition their removal from their authority.
Is heroin stronger than morphine?
Yes, Heroin - 5 times to death Morphine - 10 times to death
Why would atropine eye drops be used orally by hospice?
Atropine drops are often used sublingually in patients that are very close to death to help alleviate oral secretions.
What common regulations are used to determine whether patients are qualified to receive home care or hospice services?
It means that the person has a right to death with dignity to either to hospice you got to wanna take your condition must be one to change your medical code to DNA stop medications doctor must make the referral to home and hospice care doctor can do this if a patient has a change in medical condition and can't get better.
Does hospice just od the people who are sick when called?
No, Hospice is a specialized form of Home Care, but for the terminally ill. Hospice treats people with dignity and physical care until the person's natural death.
