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But now is the time to have your husband transferred to your local hospice home where he will be kept comfortable and pain free until he dies.
If your husband goes to the hospice facility, Medicare will pay 100% if he dies within the week. If in a week he's still here, you can keep him there but you'll have to pay out of pocket to do so.
And if you have him transferred back to the skilled nursing facility, hospice will come there and do what they need to to keep him comfortable and pain free there as well. And the hospice services will be covered 100% under your husbands Medicare.
I can tell you that a hospice facility is very beautiful, very peaceful and the care is top notch, and very family friendly, whereas a nursing facility....not so much.
I wouldn't allow any more testing to be done on your husband as it is a mute point now, but instead get the hospice agency of your choice on board ASAP, and if possible get him transferred to their facility via ambulance. And yes hospice/Medicare will cover the ambulance 100% too.
Hearing is the last sense to go, so make sure you leave nothing left unsaid with your husband, and let him know that you're going to be ok when he leaves this world for the next.
God bless you both.
Hospice is covered by Medicare/Medicaid and other insurance.
You can contact ANY Hospice you want and have him evaluated. His doctor or the Hospice doctor will verify that he is eligible for Hospice. (Typically the criteria is a life expectancy of 6 months or fewer BUT that is not set in stone, a person can be recertified. As long as there is a continued decline they can recertify)
Many facilities have a Hospice that they work with and there are Hospice Nurses and CNA's that are there. They may even have a Admission Nurse on site.
No vent support is normally provided nor is skilled nursing care.