The phony story about the hospice patient who died of COVID-19

[countryboy]

I know all about hospice care because my mother was in hospice care at home. Her diagnosis was hydrocephalus, otherwise known as fluid pressure on the brain, but other than that she was in good health. Her first symptom was difficulty walking and eventually she was confined to bed. She was always in good spirits and never complained. Whenever the nurses asked her how she was doing she would say, "good". Near the end she had no appetite and slept for longer periods of time. She died about a day or two before her hospice benefit would have expired.

What does it prove? It proves that everyone's situation is different. Her's was very different than the picture you painted above. My father died before my mother and would have qualified for hospice except there wasn't any hospice facility in our area at that time. He had Alzheimer's and we were taking care of him at home. His situation was also different than the picture you painted because he was not in a "special unit" and not in assisted living or a nursing home. And he could easily have lasted 5 or 6 months in hospice.

The fact still remains that the talk-show hosts didn't bother to give any details because they probably knew nothing about the person's situation, assuming it was a true story. Their goal was to promote the idea that there was a lot of cheating going on with the cause of death and death certificates.

It's a crime to falsify the cause of death on a death certificate. That being the case, if they were sure it was fraudulent, why didn't they report it to the appropriate authorities?

We're still waiting for the names of these fictional talk show hosts you made up. Anything?

[Trumpster]

We're still waiting for the names of these fictional talk show hosts you made up. Anything?

Will it be more true if I give you their names? Why should I give you their names if you already have your mind made up that it's fictional?

[countryboy]

Will it be more true if I give you their names? Why should I give you their names if you already have your mind made up that it's fictional?

Haha, that's what I thought.

[Trumpster]

Haha, that's what I thought.

Absolutely, you were on a fishing expedition.

[carolina73]

If what you say is true, why didn't these talk-show hosts give some details of the case they spoke of? Was it in the news that a hospice patient died of COVID-19? I've heard two different talk-show hosts tell the story almost in the exact same way but without a scrap of detail. Hmm!

My "view" is that a hospice patient may live as much as 1 to 5 months longer if not infected with COVID-19 (Perhaps even longer like the 6.4% who outlive hospice care.) But with no details coming from these talk-show hosts, the story is incomplete and misleading, at best. At worst, the story could be completely fabricated.

If you are reliant on talk show hosts for your info then that is the beginning of the issue. Did everyone in the audience get free hospice care certificates in an envelope under their seat?

However; there is difference in this discussion between Hospice being called which can be 6 months out and they become a form of visiting nurses, as compared to going into a hospice facility, which is where they take the hospice patient out of the home, hospital, facility....

Some people get hospice care and still recover and last for years, but that would be extremely rare in a hospice facility.

[countryboy]

Absolutely, you were on a fishing expedition.

And you are on a, making $#@! up expedition.

[countryboy]

If you are reliant on talk show hosts for your info then that is the beginning of the issue. Did everyone in the audience get free hospice care certificates in an envelope under their seat?

However; there is difference in this discussion between Hospice being called which can be 6 months out and they become a form of visiting nurses, as compared to going into a hospice facility, which is where they take the hospice patient out of the home, hospital, facility....

Some people get hospice care and still recover and last for years, but that would be extremely rare in a hospice facility.

There is no "talk show host", he made it up.

[Trumpster]

carolina73

Some people get hospice care and still recover and last for years, but that would be extremely rare in a hospice facility.

That only proves that everyone is different and anything is possible. All the more reason why a talk-show host should give some specifics of the case they are referring to, and at least tell how they obtained the information. Was it in the news that a man died of COVID-19 in hospice? And, if so, was it fraudulent? Falsifying a death certificate is a crime.

[countryboy]

carolina73



That only proves that everyone is different and anything is possible. All the more reason why a talk-show host should give some specifics of the case they are referring to, and at least tell how they obtained the information. Was it in the news that a man died of COVID-19 in hospice? And, if so, was it fraudulent? Falsifying a death certificate is a crime.

Still pushing your phony story about a phony story, eh? How very.....typical.

[Trumpster]

Still pushing your phony story about a phony story, eh? How very.....typical.

You keep projecting who YOU really are.