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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
To be eligible for hospice, a doctor needs to certify that your have less than 6 months to live. It is paid for as a Medicare Part A benefit, and you would receive very limited life-saving medical care. Not a good option for someone who just needs help with things like bathing and dressing.
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Not quite correct. If someone has been on decline for awhile, like my mother, she gets put on Hospice. That’s why it’s good to reach out and have them evaluate the person.
As long as the person continues to decline, they stays on Hospice. If they were to level out for a few months, then they’d take them off Hospice, but when the decline starts again, they’d get put back on. A few times they thought they’d be able to take my mom off Hospice, and there were a few times they started to prepare me because they thought she was transitioning. It’s not a linear journey, which is why they’re careful in their decisions. It’s been great having them there, including having them there to talk to. (Besides nursing and bathing help, they have a chaplain and social worker.)