Penny Smith

Somebody else, either the person who was dying made the decision to go on hospice or another person that they had legally designated to be their healthcare representative made the decision for them to go on hospice. So these are the people that had no control over their person going on hospice and felt that...

Somebody else, either the person who was dying made the decision to go on hospice or another person that they had legally designated to be their healthcare representative made the decision for them to go on hospice. So these are the people that had no control over their person going on hospice and felt that...

hospice intentionally killed whoever it was, their mom, their dad, their husband, their wife, whoever. And so they hate hospice in general because of their experience with it. And because I represent hospice, they come after me.

hospice intentionally killed whoever it was, their mom, their dad, their husband, their wife, whoever. And so they hate hospice in general because of their experience with it. And because I represent hospice, they come after me.

hospice intentionally killed whoever it was, their mom, their dad, their husband, their wife, whoever. And so they hate hospice in general because of their experience with it. And because I represent hospice, they come after me.

Yeah. Murdered by hospice Facebook group.

Yeah. Murdered by hospice Facebook group.

Yeah. Murdered by hospice Facebook group.

I do not know how many members. But it's all people who have had a bad experience with hospice and are... And are advocating for hospice to be done away with and trying to educate about how hospice is terrible and you should never put your person on hospice. And some of them are so seemingly delusional, it's like they think that their people would still be alive had they not gone on hospice.

I do not know how many members. But it's all people who have had a bad experience with hospice and are... And are advocating for hospice to be done away with and trying to educate about how hospice is terrible and you should never put your person on hospice. And some of them are so seemingly delusional, it's like they think that their people would still be alive had they not gone on hospice.

I do not know how many members. But it's all people who have had a bad experience with hospice and are... And are advocating for hospice to be done away with and trying to educate about how hospice is terrible and you should never put your person on hospice. And some of them are so seemingly delusional, it's like they think that their people would still be alive had they not gone on hospice.

And they'll go into the comment section and they'll actually describe situations that I, as a hospice nurse, look at and go, oh, wow, that person is dying and that's appropriate care that they're receiving. And they'll all be saying, no, they shouldn't be doing this. They're going to cause her to death by giving her the morphine and, you know. It's like, no, that person is dying.

And they'll go into the comment section and they'll actually describe situations that I, as a hospice nurse, look at and go, oh, wow, that person is dying and that's appropriate care that they're receiving. And they'll all be saying, no, they shouldn't be doing this. They're going to cause her to death by giving her the morphine and, you know. It's like, no, that person is dying.

And they'll go into the comment section and they'll actually describe situations that I, as a hospice nurse, look at and go, oh, wow, that person is dying and that's appropriate care that they're receiving. And they'll all be saying, no, they shouldn't be doing this. They're going to cause her to death by giving her the morphine and, you know. It's like, no, that person is dying.

You know, the commenter has said she's got end-stage liver failure, and now they're giving her whatever medication. That's appropriate care. And then you've got all these yo-yos in the comments section saying, no, it's stealth euthanasia. They're going to kill her off. Yeah. You know, we do palliative sedation in hospice. So terminal agitation is something we haven't really talked about a lot.

You know, the commenter has said she's got end-stage liver failure, and now they're giving her whatever medication. That's appropriate care. And then you've got all these yo-yos in the comments section saying, no, it's stealth euthanasia. They're going to kill her off. Yeah. You know, we do palliative sedation in hospice. So terminal agitation is something we haven't really talked about a lot.

You know, the commenter has said she's got end-stage liver failure, and now they're giving her whatever medication. That's appropriate care. And then you've got all these yo-yos in the comments section saying, no, it's stealth euthanasia. They're going to kill her off. Yeah. You know, we do palliative sedation in hospice. So terminal agitation is something we haven't really talked about a lot.

That can happen during the transition phase when somebody gets extremely agitated. You cannot reason with them. They can't tell you what's wrong. They're completely incoherent. They're trying to get up, trying to get up, restless, sometimes even combative. It's horrible. It's horrible for the person. It's horrible for the family. And we try to medicate them for it with a sedative.

That can happen during the transition phase when somebody gets extremely agitated. You cannot reason with them. They can't tell you what's wrong. They're completely incoherent. They're trying to get up, trying to get up, restless, sometimes even combative. It's horrible. It's horrible for the person. It's horrible for the family. And we try to medicate them for it with a sedative.

That can happen during the transition phase when somebody gets extremely agitated. You cannot reason with them. They can't tell you what's wrong. They're completely incoherent. They're trying to get up, trying to get up, restless, sometimes even combative. It's horrible. It's horrible for the person. It's horrible for the family. And we try to medicate them for it with a sedative.