References. 1  Meier DE, et al. Hospice: Philosophy of care and appropriate utilization in the United States. 2  Hospice care. American Cancer Society. 3  Medicare hospice benefits. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 4  NHPCO's facts and figures hospice care in America. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
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References. 1  Meier DE, et al. 2  Hospice care. 3  Medicare hospice benefits. 4  NHPCO's facts and figures hospice care in America. 5  Hospice care: A consumer's guide to selecting a hospice program. 6  Hospice FAQ's. 7  Moynihan TJ (expert opinion).
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I was put into hospice inpatient care after being drugged with dexamethasone, lorazepam, and hydromorphon, plus morphine. I was quite crazy when admitted for 9 days. I was nowhere near death since I am still quite alive having been the primary caretaker for my husband who died 2 weeks ago.
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Hospice care is for people who are nearing the end of life. Hospice care services are provided by a team of health care professionals who maximize comfort for a person who is terminally ill by reducing pain and addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.
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From experience as a nurse working with hospice care and also from taking care of relatives sick with cancer....I can tell you that usually it means that the patient doesn't have more than 6 months to live! I'm so sorry about your mother and I know it's the most difficult time for the relatives, knowing that there's nothing else it can be done!
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my mother has lung liver kidney cancer she is getting bad hospice is coming in about how long when hospice comes in how long does the patient have they say when hospice comes in they give them no more then six months. 6 following. 10 answers 10. Report Abuse.
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Hospice care is for a terminally ill person who's expected to have six months or less to live. This doesn't mean that hospice care will be provided only for six months, however. Hospice care can be provided for as long as the person's doctor and hospice care team certify that the condition remains life-limiting. Hospice care isn't just for people who have cancer. Many people who receive hospice care have cancer, while others have heart disease, dementia, kidney failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Hospice ONLY comes in after the patient requests Hospice AND the primary care physician certifies, as a best GUESS, that the patient is not expected to live beyond the next 6 months. In requesting Hospice care, the patient has decided to not seek any involved treatments (heroic type) but rather to choose to die with dignity, free of pain. NO ONE knows when death will occur, and it has many times taken a year or two.
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Hospice care: Comforting the terminally ill. Hospice care might be an option if you or a loved one has a terminal illness. Understand how hospice care works and how to select a program. By Mayo Clinic Staff
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how long can have hospice care
Hospice care is for a terminally ill person who's expected to have six months or less to live. Hospice care can have six months or less to live.