AI-Supervised Home Palliative Care: A Comfort-First and Cost-Effective Alternative to Hospital-Based End-of-Life Care
This blog is based on my personal experience caring for my palliative mother, who at that time was expected to live less than two months. I am not a doctor. It reflects on how end-of-life care often brings unnecessary discomfort to patients, even when death is near. Palliative care should focus on comfort, dignity, and relief from symptoms—not on prolonging life through medical intervention. Yet, hospital routines designed for safety can easily go too far. Nurses and doctors are required to follow strict protocols that call for frequent vital checks, blood tests, and continuous monitoring. Much of this comes from fear of legal responsibility rather than medical need. As a result, even patients in their final hours are often subjected to repeated procedures that offer no benefit but cause distress. Many remain connected to machines until their last moments. Families watch their loved ones in pain, realizing that such interventions contradict the essence of palliative care. The system ne...