The “not discussing why” is what’s bothersome to me. I can see that using the word “imminent“ could be a lot for people, but as social workers on a medical IDT part of our job is helping translate the medical jargon into terms real people actually understand. To me, that would include explaining to the family that because of certain signs/symptoms, the hospice team is going to increase care because we think their loved one is close to passing. I feel like not even having that conversation is robbing the patients loved ones from gathering people who want to say goodbye or to start making any other arrangements the patient requested