My husband's grandfather is over a hundred and, following a very bad fall, ended up in hospital and has now been put on the Liverpool Care Pathway.
I didn't name it in the title because I'm aware it is controversial for some, but I don't have any concerns over the pathway itself, I'd just like to understand it better. It's been done with consultation with my husband's mother and her siblings and I have no doubt they have his best interests at heart. But my husband was not part of the discussion so is unclear on bits of it and obviously doesn't want to grill his mother about it right now, so I was hoping for info from people here.
What we've found hardest to understand is why fluids are withheld. It seems like something that would cause distress, yet I know the point of the pathway is to give as comfortable a time as possible. Can someone explain why no fluids is a part of the pathway and how it helps with a comfortable end?
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Any HCPs could give me some information about fluids?
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EmmelineGoulden · 09/02/2013 22:10
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