So 6 weeks ago my dad had a shock diagnosis (which was treated initially as acid reflux) of advance lung cancer which has spread to the liver and spine confirmed after MRI scan. The hospital can not find the primary cause and there has not been any staging and grading that I hear of that is necessary with a cancer patient. I feel the hospital have simply washed there hands of him! He has never smoked and always been very active and healthy. He is 74 yrs old.
The hospital care he has received has been patchy to say the least and communication shocking. To me it seems he has been sent home to die with only oral morphine. My mother is currently caring for him and he is basically bed bound now as naturally very fatigued now. My mother has been given the telephone number of a local hospice if she needs advice and was told a nurse would RING once a week!! But surely as things draw to the end there should be more support in place?!
Should there not be a named Macmillan nurse for him or any kind of care support for my mother?
What is the usual/standard procedure of care in this scenario?
