Comments on: On dying at home http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/on-dying-at-home.html mrbiao Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:23:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: kat http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/on-dying-at-home.html/comment-page-1#comment-4346 kat Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:22:23 +0000 http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/on-dying-at-home.html#comment-4346 Here in the US we have Hospice where terminally ill patients who wish to die in their home surrounded by family can do so. The doctors will refer the family to a hospice & the patient can die at home or die in an hospice facility. What hospice does is an RN will visit the home & assist the family in keeping their terminally ill loved on as comfortable and pain free as possible to live out their last days. Morphine is usually prescribed by the doctor for pain & the RN keeps detailed documentation of meds, etc. My elderly father-in-law who had lung cancer opted for hospice in the last few weeks of his life. He was able to pass on with family around him & most importantly pain free, and we were able to say our goodbyes to him. I do not know if hospices exist in Singapore. If it does not it is a shame as the terminally ill can pass on with dignity surrounded by his/her loved one. Here in the US we have Hospice where terminally ill patients who wish to die in their home surrounded by family can do so. The doctors will refer the family to a hospice & the patient can die at home or die in an hospice facility. What hospice does is an RN will visit the home & assist the family in keeping their terminally ill loved on as comfortable and pain free as possible to live out their last days. Morphine is usually prescribed by the doctor for pain & the RN keeps detailed documentation of meds, etc. My elderly father-in-law who had lung cancer opted for hospice in the last few weeks of his life. He was able to pass on with family around him & most importantly pain free, and we were able to say our goodbyes to him.

I do not know if hospices exist in Singapore. If it does not it is a shame as the terminally ill can pass on with dignity surrounded by his/her loved one.

]]> By: mrbiao http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/on-dying-at-home.html/comment-page-1#comment-4099 mrbiao Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:18:52 +0000 http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/on-dying-at-home.html#comment-4099 HCA did provide us with some services at that time. HCA is a really good organisation HCA did provide us with some services at that time. HCA is a really good organisation

]]> By: LearningToDie http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/on-dying-at-home.html/comment-page-1#comment-4098 LearningToDie Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:12:04 +0000 http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/on-dying-at-home.html#comment-4098 You can get info from www.hca.org.sg You can get info from http://www.hca.org.sg

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