Short YouTube video (David Kessler) giving direct advice for patients/families when hospice care fails to manage pain: call the hospice supervisor, then the head of the hospice, then the hospice medical director; and if unresolved, consider switching hospices. Emphasizes that pain management is central to hospice care and patients should be proactive and not afraid to escalate.
What should I do if hospice is not managing my pain? If for any reason, and I hope you never find.
Yourself in this situation.
Where hospice is not managing your pain, don't ever be afraid.
To call the.
Hospice supervisor. And if that doesn't work, please call.
The head of the hospice.
It's very important.
To hospices.
Around the country and the world that pain management is really the cornerstone of our care. So don't be afraid to go up the ladder of command. Don't be afraid.
To call the hospice medical director.
And if you're not getting the results you want, don't be afraid to switch hospices. This is your life, and it's important that you be pain free.
