Stop wasting fuel. You do not need to boil water for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, double for high altitude, whatever else youâve heard, etc. If you have a thermometer, you donât even have to wait until the water begins to boil for safe drinking waterâ¦.
How long you can get hospice care. Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the illness runs its normal course). If you live longer than 6 months, you can still get hospice care, as long as the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor recertifies that youâre terminally ill. 1  You can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.
i cared for a lady at home and she lived for 16 days without any food and water,nor an IV, in a semi-sleeping state, so it does vary. the main thing to know is that usually people in the actual dying process (which has stages that take time) are in no discomfort or distress. they are very involved in inner process (as studies using eec have shown where the brain is activated during this time).we followed hospice advice to just gently swab her lips with water.