VNS Haven Hospice at Bellevue Medical

UNINFORMED. I was told upon admitting my husband that if he didn’t die within a certain amount of days he would have to go into rehab, This was told to me while he was lying on a gurney suffering from a massive stroke and a serious heart condition. I was not informed of this policy prior to his admittance. I didn’t know what to do. I had the feeding tube removed as he could not have handled a rehab situation and so he was dead within five days. This place is for patients with impending immediate death. My husband should have been in Calvary and I should have been informed that THERE IS A TIME LIMIT ON SURVIVAL

My First Review: Meh.
Update: When you first visit, they might ask you if you want bereavement counseling.
If you say «No, thank you», don’t expect them to take that for an answer. Expect that bereavement counselor not to take the hint after they sign a sympathy card and you still don’t call, after the first time they call you after the death of a loved one and you don’t call back… Nope! No hint taken.
I still got a phone call on the one month anniversary of the death of my mother, reminding me that someone that doesn’t know me thinks it’s very important that they «comfort» me by being paid to pretend to care about me.
I got to spend a few of the worst weeks of my life with you, Haven Hospice, and you just won’t go away.
Which is strange, because they sure didn’t mind letting me know right after she died, that they’d like me to have the body out in four hours. Chop Chop. Clock’s tickin’.
Touching, really.