My dad, 94, in AL with not much other than congestive heart failure being medically wrong with him. He's still in fantastic spirits. He gets around in a wheelchair, mainly because he stopped getting PT (didn't want it anymore, which I get). He refuses to sleep in his bed (I've purchased 4 dif beds, none were to his liking), so he sleeps in his power lift chair. At 94, I figure he gets to do whatever he wants. I was curious about hospice. When I asked the nursing coordinator at his AL place, she said he would be a candidate, and Hospice swooped right in and are taking care of him now. At first, I thought Hospice was for people who were, well, on their death bed with just a few days to go. Has something changed??? Thanks.
Your dad sleeps in his power lift chair because CHF or congestive heart failure causes a build up of fluid in the lungs and that makes it uncomfortable to sleep while lying down.