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- Agitation, difficult to control behavior, can increase towards the end of life
- This can lead to decrease in ability to care for your loved one at home
- Hospice care can be provided in Nursing Homes (where there are full time professional caregivers)
- If being a caregiver at home is becoming too difficult, make sure to speak with your Hospice Team
What is done
- Trying to determine if there is increasing pain and treating with available medications
- Work with Hospice Team to determine if there are other correctable medical causes
- There are effective medications that are helpful to decrease agitation and make more comfortable
- It is important that increasing agitation be controlled and treated
- Uncontrolled agitation can be unsafe for caregivers as well as for the agitated person
