Your questions wanted!
It's National Hospice Month, and Natalie Farrar of Masonicare in Wallingford will be joining Good Morning Connecticut Sunday morning to dispel some common myths about hospice care.
We want to know, do you have any questions about hospice care you'd like answered on the show?
Reply with your questions or send them to weekend@wtnh.com, and we'll ask Natalie on air. Be sure to reply with your first name and the town you're from.
Join Chris Velardi and Matt Scott tomorrow on Good Morning Connecticut Weekend from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and as always, check out our guest segments by mousing over the "On Air" tab and clicking on the "GMCT Weekend" section of the site.
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UPDATE:
Chris asked your questions about hospice Sunday, and Natalie Farrar was happy to answer!
Thank you to Jeff from Meriden and Marian from East Haven for sending in their questions.
You can watch the interview here:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/on_air/gmc_weekend/newhaven_wtnh_understanding_hospice_care_200811201644
You'll have another opportunity to get answers to your questions when our finance expert joins us on Saturday, November 28th.
Thanks for watching!
17 comments
Comment from: liz russell [Visitor]
in shelton fire truck flips over on Chamberlain dr shelton
11/22/08 @ 13:38
Comment from: Jason Poirier [Visitor]
Could someone please teach Matt Scott the proper way to sneeze in public!!! He is really gross!!!
10/25/09 @ 19:21
Comment from: greg [Visitor]
does anyone else think it is fair that the UI company is proposing a rate increase and their main #1 reason is "a decline in electricity sales over the past two years"?
it seems the benefits of going green and saving some money are going to be going away
this is the total opposite of the normal supply and demand that the fuel companys use every year hiking gas prices in the summer and home heating oil in the winter.
it seems the benefits of going green and saving some money are going to be going away
this is the total opposite of the normal supply and demand that the fuel companys use every year hiking gas prices in the summer and home heating oil in the winter.
11/22/08 @ 16:46
Comment from: Ginnie [Visitor] 
Digital TV Test - Last month Fairfield County ran a test to check if tv's could receive new Digital reception - I heard that New Haven County was going to run the test sometime in the next month or so - Does anyone know when this will occur.
11/22/08 @ 17:05
Comment from: Jill K. [Visitor]
Greg,
No, it's not fair. But if your rates are going up, it still makes sense to conserve, or you'll pay even more.
Utilities are ridiculous institutions. They shouldn't be for-profit. At the very least, the state should re-regulate, since their little experiment with deregulation was a disaster.
But why should a public utility with a monopoly be allowed to siphon profits? Market conditions like supply and demand only ever work one-way, as in against the customers. We have the DPUC which controls the rates. Let's not kid ourselves that this is even close to "free market"!
The one cool thing I loved when I lived in Wallingford was the town-owned electric company. Rates were much lower.
No, it's not fair. But if your rates are going up, it still makes sense to conserve, or you'll pay even more.
Utilities are ridiculous institutions. They shouldn't be for-profit. At the very least, the state should re-regulate, since their little experiment with deregulation was a disaster.
But why should a public utility with a monopoly be allowed to siphon profits? Market conditions like supply and demand only ever work one-way, as in against the customers. We have the DPUC which controls the rates. Let's not kid ourselves that this is even close to "free market"!
The one cool thing I loved when I lived in Wallingford was the town-owned electric company. Rates were much lower.
11/23/08 @ 08:40
Comment from: Johnny Box [Visitor]
Yes I have a question: Is it true that reading and comprehension skills have diminished in CT in recent years?
My father spent the last 3 weeks of his life at CT Hospice in Branford--an organization I had little knowledge of before his grim cancer diagnosis. Since then I have been a passionate supporter of Hospice facilities. I certainly hope some intelligent, on-topic questions were emailed in for the weekend show, and that more people are now aware of the amazing care and comfort that the Hospice facilities provide.
My father spent the last 3 weeks of his life at CT Hospice in Branford--an organization I had little knowledge of before his grim cancer diagnosis. Since then I have been a passionate supporter of Hospice facilities. I certainly hope some intelligent, on-topic questions were emailed in for the weekend show, and that more people are now aware of the amazing care and comfort that the Hospice facilities provide.
11/24/08 @ 17:33
Comment from: Lisa [Visitor]
Sent my questions via email attachment...kept getting an error message here.
LDC
LDC
11/25/08 @ 10:27
Comment from: Lisa [Visitor]
In response to the original topic:
1. What is the criteria to enter a hospice program (diagnosis, pain control, prognosis, symptom manangement)?
1. What is the criteria to enter a hospice program (diagnosis, pain control, prognosis, symptom manangement)?
11/25/08 @ 10:28
Comment from: Lisa [Visitor]
What is the cost to the patient? (insurance, medicare, medicaid, covered by donations to hospice)
11/25/08 @ 10:29
Comment from: Lisa [Visitor]
If the patient becomes ill, not as a direct result of the original terminal illness, will they be treated? (assuming that they are not actively dying) For example, antibiotics for a UTI or cold medicine for symptoms.
11/25/08 @ 10:31
Comment from: Lisa [Visitor]
How long after the patients death is the family followed for bereavement counseling? What counseling services are unique to different age groups and populations (ie teens, siblings, spouses, same sex partners, adult children
11/25/08 @ 10:31
Comment from: Lisa [Visitor]
What programs are available-homecare, inpatient, nursing home, and what dertermines where the best level of care? How easily can a transition be made to a more intensive level of care as the patients symptoms cannot be managed, or if the situation is not being handled well at the lower level of care?
11/25/08 @ 10:34
Comment from: Mom in Southern CT [Visitor]
Lisa, I can answer your question about the bereavement counseling. There is no end. My dad died 21 years ago there, and I'm sure I could go back today if I wanted to. In fact, maybe I will soon, cause gosh, I sure still do miss him, and I know I still have hostility towards cigarette manufacturers for taking his life. But, I went right after he died with my mom and sister, and it just about tore me apart to go there, but it also felt good. It reminded me a lot of "Celebrity Rehab," but obviously, no celebrities.
CT Hospice is the best.
CT Hospice is the best.
11/25/08 @ 18:27
Comment from: Lisa [Visitor]
Thanks, Mom,
Actually, I was a hospice nurse, and pretty much know the answers to the questions. I posed them here, as they were questions that were asked of me quite often by those unfamiliar with the services and philosophies of a hospice program. Too often, Hospice care is addressed way too late, and the full benefits aren't realized by the patient and family. These are questions that families may not think of until they are in a panicked, or numb state of mind.
I agree, CT Hospice is wonderful (they did homecare from my Gram). There are, however, many other programs in the state that are great, too, and are more accessible to those not on the shoreline.
Actually, I was a hospice nurse, and pretty much know the answers to the questions. I posed them here, as they were questions that were asked of me quite often by those unfamiliar with the services and philosophies of a hospice program. Too often, Hospice care is addressed way too late, and the full benefits aren't realized by the patient and family. These are questions that families may not think of until they are in a panicked, or numb state of mind.
I agree, CT Hospice is wonderful (they did homecare from my Gram). There are, however, many other programs in the state that are great, too, and are more accessible to those not on the shoreline.
11/26/08 @ 16:45
Comment from: Answers Needed [Visitor]
There have been numerous reportings by parents about their children having the H1N1 to the Supervisor at Zigler Head Start located at 81 Olive Street in New Haven, the Board of Education is telling the Supervision to tell the staff not to mention anything to the parents and to allow the children to return to school without doctor's notes. This is not fair to the staff, the children or the parents!
11/23/09 @ 14:35
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