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DRAFT. Working prototype awaiting clinical review by Hospice Nurse Penny. Unlisted, and not public on MORTL until reviewed.
Free tool
You're at the bedside of someone who's dying, and their body is doing something nobody prepared you for. Pick the change you're seeing. You'll get plain English on what may be happening, whether it's hard on them, what you can do, and when to call the hospice team.
This page can't examine anyone. Your hospice team can, and they know this person, so when something worries you, call them. That's what the 24/7 line is for. Nothing you click is sent anywhere or saved.
Pick what you're seeing
Pick a change on the left. If several fit, start with the one worrying you most. Every panel ends the same way: when in doubt, call your hospice team. That's what they're there for, at any hour.
Sources: National Institute on Aging, Providing Care and Comfort at the End of Life, and the clinical sources cited in the linked MORTL stories. Clinical review: Penny Hawkins Smith, RN, CHPN (Hospice Nurse Penny), pending. Her credit lives here permanently once reviewed.