Mom in hospice care using oxygen. Is oxygen use considered palliative care?

So sorry you’re walking this road, I know how hard it is. The oxygen doesn’t extend anything, it may provide some level of comfort in breathing. I wish you both peace

(((Hugs)))🙏🏼

I had the same experience as NotGoodEnough with both my sister and father.

O2 is for comfort, nothing else. It helps ease their breathing. Let her have it.

giving her oxygen is comfort.
Hospice would not approve oxygen if it were considered life extending.
Hospice would not approve a Feeding Tube (they would accept a patient for Hospice that has a feeding tube and they would provide care for it) Hospice would not place an IV for hydration or nutrition.
It is common though for a patient with dementia to remove the canula and even chew on it. The use of oxygen can cause dryness of the nose.

My dad was also on oxygen 24/7 when he was under hospice care with a brain tumor. It bothered him something fierce while he was coherent, so I'd take the canula off of his nose for a while to give him some relief. In my mind, it served no real purpose anyway, except to annoy him. When he became semi-comatose towards the end, the oxygen was removed entirely.

I agree with what Funkygrandma said in that God will take your mother when He determines it's time, and not a moment sooner, with or without oxygen. I'm so sorry you are going through such a stressful time with your mother, and I hope she passes peacefully, sooner rather than later. My mother is 94.5 with advanced dementia & if I hear ONE more time how 'she's nowhere near ready for hospice yet' I swear I my head will explode. I pray to God every single day to end her suffering and yet she keeps going and going and going every day, with chronic pain & confusion that's worsening constantly. I hate ALZ/dementia with every ounce of my being and wonder why such suffering (for everyone) must be endured.

God bless you and give you strength to endure the battle.

When my husband came home from the hospital after having aspiration pneumonia, he was under hospice care and on oxygen 24/7. He also was completely bedridden, and remained on oxygen until his death 22 months later. His hospice nurse did say towards the end that I could turn off the oxygen if I wanted to, as they believed it was no longer serving a purpose, so I did for a few hours, and then decided to turn it back on just at a lower dosage, as it just made me feel better.
God will take your mom home when He is ready for her to come home and not a minute sooner. Just enjoy whatever time you have left with her, and please don't leave anything left unsaid. God bless you.

I'm so sorry about your mom, and having to watch her go through all of this.

Oxygen won't extend her life. My mother was put on oxygen when she entered hospice. It was just to keep her more comfortable. Towards the very end, when she was unresponsive, her hospice nurse told me we could take her off of it if we wanted; it wasn't serving any more purpose. Since it didn't seem to matter either way, I kept it on; I found the hum of the oxygen machine comforting, as bizarre as that might sound.

(((hugs))).