Houston’s spokeswoman emailed a statement to reporters, saying the 22-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston, who’s been unconscious after being found unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home earlier this year, is “in God’s hands now.”
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“Despite the great medical care at numerous facilities, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s condition has continued to deteriorate. As of today, she has been moved into hospice care. We thank everyone for their support and prayers. She is in God’s hands now. “
It was signed by Pat Houston, who is married to the brother of Bobbi Kristina’s late mother, singer Whitney Houston, and is the executor of Whitney’s estate.
Even though she had months of treatment in two Atlanta hospitals and a rehab facility, including being placed in an induced coma, she has never regained consciousness.
When a patient is moved to a hospice, it’s usually to provide specialized care for the final stages of a terminal illness, with the goal of providing comfort and pain-control medication.
Hospice provides an alternative to the traditional medical care that hospitals and nursing facilities commonly deliver toward the end of a patient’s life. In hospice, the goal is shifted from attempting to cure…… an illness or performing life-saving measures to keeping a patient as comfortable and free of pain as possible. In addition to providing a seriously ill patient with care and comfort, hospice services often extend to his or her family members and friends — involving and training them in giving care, and providing breaks and counseling services to those who need them.
How Hospice Works
A member of the hospice’s nursing staff will ask for initial information on the phone and then visit the patient in order to make a detailed assessment of their condition.
During this visit, the hospice will:
- assess the patient’s eligibility for hospice,
- evaluate the individual’s need for pain and symptom management,
- counsel the individual with respect to end-of-life issues and care options, and
- advise the individual regarding advanced care planning.
- The hospice will then discuss with you whether hospice care is the most appropriate choice for you or your loved one.
It is still not clear what happened to her or why. Georgia police have been investigating but have not announced their findings nor brought charges against anyone.
Her father, Bobby Brown, and members of his family have said at various times that she was awake or that she was getting better. Her boyfriend, Nick Gordon, with whom she shared her home, has begged to see her and been refused by her family.
Her grandmother, gospel great Cissy Houston, has been candid from the beginning about her condition not improving. She said in April that doctors told her Bobbi Kristina suffered “global and irreversible brain damage” and that she remained unresponsive.