When to call Community Hospice

• Complains or displays signs of pain: frowning, moaning, groaning during movement or when still, refusing to move, refusing a bath, crying. For children, this also can include intense concentration on a game, book or TV show, or withdrawal from people and activities.
• Sleeping a lot.
• Unable to sleep at all.
• Sudden confusion.
• Changes in attitude: suddenly angry or withdrawn or sad, increased irritability and/or belligerent behavior
• Suddenly unaware of surroundings.
• Inability to recognize familiar people.
• Becomes agitated.
• Inability to be comforted.
• Changes in bladder or bowel function.
• Limbs that look different.
• Dressings that have come off.
• Sudden loss of sight or hearing.
• Changes in breathing.
• Falls or injuries.
• Unexpected bleeding.
• Vomiting more than once in an eight-hour period.
• Sore mouth or difficulty swallowing.
• Catheter problem.
• Sudden elevation in temperature.
• Talks about “ending it all.”
• Expresses anger toward God, caregivers or those around them.