🧵So I've spoken to the family discussed in this post and it's worth explaining the terrible end of life predicaments some #LTC families are dealing with.
So this sweet resident was sent to ER with a life-threatening condition that was deemed palliative by attending hospital MD.
So this sweet resident was sent to ER with a life-threatening condition that was deemed palliative by attending hospital MD.
https://twitter.com/stella88695964/status/1634575575275786241
The family, who have had TERRIBLE experiences with their #ForProfit #LTC do not want their loved one to be sent back to that LTC to die in more neglect (obviously). They want them in a hospital, preferably in a palliative care wing where they can have better care provisioning.
Even the attending MD agreed. However, the 90+ year old #LTC resident (now hospital patient) has lived past the period the hospital staff thought he would (but he is still palliative, to be sure). Yet, this week's attending MD disagrees w/ initial MD for palliative placement.
Now the family is being told they have 2 options:
1. Go back to the #LTC (where he'll likely die in neglectful conditions or be sent back to ER to got through this process again)
OR:
2. Be sent to an #LTC potentially 100km away thnx to the horrid Bill 7 👇cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
1. Go back to the #LTC (where he'll likely die in neglectful conditions or be sent back to ER to got through this process again)
OR:
2. Be sent to an #LTC potentially 100km away thnx to the horrid Bill 7 👇cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
The family just wants their loved one to stay in hospital where he can get the end of life care he deserves and won't get in #LTC.
Why do we do this to families during the hardest time of their life. Is not the loss of a parent HARD ENOUGH, @PaulCalandra @SylviaJonesMPP⁉️
Why do we do this to families during the hardest time of their life. Is not the loss of a parent HARD ENOUGH, @PaulCalandra @SylviaJonesMPP⁉️
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