Palliative care: A family's experience

Mark and Alice Beaty talk about how a car accident, which almost claimed the life of their son, Adam, turned into a journey of hope.

[damsbb]

Off topic but
Im facinated how those people speak precisely and how they express themselves

[ZophieFerrari]

When my mom had cancer her oncologist called and said she'd decided to do palliative care. What really happened is Ochsner sent her home and had Compassus hospice send a bunch of equipment we had no clue what to do with and we were on our own. She was miserable, gasping, couldn't swallow. We had no idea we were about to be doctors. After calling Compassus repeatedly they finally sent a nice hospice nurse who actually explained what was happening and got her liquid morphine and Ativan. After that she felt no pain again. Compassus never even told her oncologist she died. I don't think the doctors really know how little hospice does, and the oncologist definitely said palliative care, not hospice. All they did was dump it on the family. Horrible experience. And after a person dies at home you now have to figure out what to do with their dead body. Isn't that lovely? It looks like this place has an actual healthcare facility with professionals as opposed to Ochsner and Compassus who just send people home to die while being cared for by family.

[venkatachengalvala]

The video is extremely insightful and is a true jewel. :)

[CraigWedd]

how much does it cost? is it accusable to everybody?

[tristanmason]

I wanted to know about and follow the patient, but this is another business advertisement

[alexanderwickstrom]

So you think Peggy "President and Board Chair" had any connections to the people you seen? The people that actually take care of people are amazing. The board that makes money, no! If they say no on this comment. Then ask how much she makes in contrast to the one holding the hand when they go?

[morganearp]

"patient's best interests"

So being dead is their best interest?

[jacobsjungle]

I'm happy to tell you that Adam has passed away from his complications 🤣🤣🤣🤣