Hospice with Peg tube and BiPAP

[rosec]

If your PALS is in hospice, are they ok with the PALS continuing to use his/her BiPAP and continue with the tube feeding?
We have started thinking about hospice, but heard that some of them do not allow those. I don't think we will enter hospice under those circumstances.

 

[momap53]

Best to contact some of your local Hospice providers and find out. Excellent opportunity to find out more about them and to see which one your family would be most comfortable with when the time comes.

 

[Barbie]

Yes, I think different hospice have diifferent criteria--so many here are on hospice and have very different experiences. when my husband was on it we were told that the bipap and peg were ok but the trache was not.

 

[KKay]

I agree. We talked to two different agencies before beginning to use hospice (15 months ago). What they offered to do was very different. My husband has been on BiPap the entire time.