Comments on: First hospice http://www.kingrat.us/2008/04/first-hospice Private Life Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:20:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gkr http://www.kingrat.us/2008/04/first-hospice#comment-1122 gkr Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:59:22 +0000 http://www.kingrat.us/2008/04/first-hospice#comment-1122 Oh, I know what the green form is for. My mom wants everyone, including paramedics, to know and understand her advanced directive. It ain't realistic, but that's what she wants. My mom is the person who sent my father back to a store to collect 11 cents that the store messed up on change. She likes things complicated and perfect. Oh, I know what the green form is for. My mom wants everyone, including paramedics, to know and understand her advanced directive. It ain’t realistic, but that’s what she wants.

My mom is the person who sent my father back to a store to collect 11 cents that the store messed up on change. She likes things complicated and perfect.

]]> By: gargoylettelc http://www.kingrat.us/2008/04/first-hospice#comment-1121 gargoylettelc Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:58:34 +0000 http://www.kingrat.us/2008/04/first-hospice#comment-1121 POLST= Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment. The Green form honestly more useful for paramedics if someone calls 911, because it can happen. You still need Advanced Directives if there is a GIP/in patient admission, and just know that both papers are needed, as no one is going to go looking for Advanced Directives if someone panics and calls 911. They need to see that form. There is a large difference between antibiotics for comfort ie-UTI vs to prolong life, and you need that onsite. **PS, as someone who does home care/hospice-- Yes, we can be late. We cannot control traffic, road work, weather conditions, pulling over for pages/calls we receive on the road or the amount of time spent on the visit prior, as emergencies of all levels can arise. I give a time frame of when I will arrive. If feel I will go outside of that time frame, I call to say I'll be late--if the bars on the cell phone are availible. We don't just sit in an office all day, waiting to see that 1 person at that certain time. We see many people in a day. I have to vent, because I get tired of people not understanding why we can't arrive at exactly X time. POLST= Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment. The Green form honestly more useful for paramedics if someone calls 911, because it can happen. You still need Advanced Directives if there is a GIP/in patient admission, and just know that both papers are needed, as no one is going to go looking for Advanced Directives if someone panics and calls 911. They need to see that form. There is a large difference between antibiotics for comfort ie-UTI vs to prolong life, and you need that onsite. **PS, as someone who does home care/hospice– Yes, we can be late. We cannot control traffic, road work, weather conditions, pulling over for pages/calls we receive on the road or the amount of time spent on the visit prior, as emergencies of all levels can arise. I give a time frame of when I will arrive. If feel I will go outside of that time frame, I call to say I’ll be late–if the bars on the cell phone are availible. We don’t just sit in an office all day, waiting to see that 1 person at that certain time. We see many people in a day. I have to vent, because I get tired of people not understanding why we can’t arrive at exactly X time.

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