Are we mad to think the family could provide end of life care to my dying father

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Dad has terminal cancer, diagnosed only a fortnight ago. He's deteriorating rapidly in hospital and wants to go home to die.

Everything is set up for him at home but due, I assume, to Coronavirus the hospital haven't been able to put district nurse support in place, and this is for the foreseeable future.

We have been told that he has to leave the hospital, he may get a hospice bed but this is unlikely. Only option seems to be to bring him home and care for him as best we can from home. We'd have access to the rapid response district nurse provision, but this is already stretched.

Really don't know what to do - if we refuse to have him at home we are likely to be stopped from visiting soon so he will die alone, but in the care of health professionals. If we bring him home there are 3 of us who could provide care but none of us are medically trained. We think he has maybe a month to live.

Any advice? Please be blunt if you have experience (professional or personal) and you think bringing him home would be a bad idea.

@themosthappy No worries, I've done that before too

A district nurse should come to top up drug driver. My Mum had one and nurse would not let us give drugs through driver, nurse always did it. It would be so sad to die alone but many must be with Covid19 as families would not be allowed in hospital ward with it there.

Hospices are lovely places. So full of warmth and compassion. I'm glad you've found a good option in such terrible times....