Literally. We have a patient on our service who will probably never go home again. It's complicated, but it is in large part due to the fact that his daughters and long term partner don't want him at home because they don't think that they can give him the kind of care he needs. Now, his insurance has a hospice benefit, so it would be plausible to send him home with hospice and have visiting nurses. The patient doesn't know this though, and I'm under the impression that we're not supposed to tell him. Really, I think his family just doesn't want him at home because he stresses them out.
I wonder what his last days will be like, where he will spend them.
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