Hi Kevin, Please allow me to add my experience to this, maybe it would help. Around the same time I was diagnosed for TM, my dad fell ill with ALS or Motor Neuron Disease (in the US it's called Lou Gehrigs Disease). He was in and out of Private hospitals for more than a year and he, like your mom decided to stop eating. We took him home and got him a home-care helper and redesigned much of the house for him to make him more comfortable. At this point he is barely audible and is paralyzed from he neck down, but he eats now. It's been almost a year since he was home and he survives everyday. We are lucky to still have him around. So, hang in there, she'll get better. My trick with my dad was to get him to smile all the time, watch TV with him, talk about when I was a kid (rotten kid) etc. It would ending up helping you too. The bond between a son and a parent is beautiful....enjoy every moment left my friend! Yours, Jeron
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:12:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT Hospice From: barbara...@gmail.com To: wolft...@optonline.net CC: tmic-list@eskimo.com Hi Kevin, I am so sorry for what you are going through. I do think, as you and others mentioned, that it might revive your mom a bit to be home. My mom was in the hospital a number of times her last few years and got more depressed each time she had to go in, but she was fine once she got home. Since moving my mother-in-law nearer to us, I've been subscribed to a site called ElderCareABC Blog at http://eldercareabcblog.com/. This morning it listed a link to an article titled "How To Choose a Hospice" here: http://www.healthytheory.com/how-to-choose-a-hospice I thought I'd send it along in case it might have something useful for you in it. I am praying for you both. Barbara H. http://barbarah.wordpress.com On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Kevin Wolfthal <wolft...@optonline.net> wrote: Has anyone had hospice for a family member in the home? We want to try and bring my Mom home from the hospital with hospice and a 24 hour nurse. She is refusing to eat and we are hoping her being home will help comfort her. Kevin _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969
