| Hospice care is for people who have a life expectancy
of six months or less and have chosen to focus on palliative
care, comfort, and relief from pain and symptoms.
Diagnoses commonly associated with hospice care are
cancer and other end-stage illness such as:
- Cardiovascular
Disease
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Respiratory Disease
- Liver/Renal Disease
- Pulmonary Disease
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- AIDS/HIV
- Adult Failure to Thrive
- Neurological Disease
- Stroke or Coma
- ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
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No one is denied service because of age, race,
color, creed, gender, national origin, sexual orientation,
religion, disability, diagnosis or the ability to pay.
General Guidelines:
Hospice appropriate individuals may exhibit some or
all of the following:
- Uncontrolled or increased pain
- Frequent hospitalizations
- Progressive weight loss
- Recurrent infections
- Decline in functional status
- Deteriorating mental abilities
- Multiple decubitis ulcers
- Increased breathing difficulties
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