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[quote=Anonymous]I keep reading about hospice care in this website but I am still not sure of what is it, how it is used, when it is used, who pays for it, how much is it and what exactly it consists of? Is it just for people with a terminal illness such a cancer?

If not, can it be/should it be used for "healthy" (by healthy I mean no particular illness such as cancer, liver failure, etc) elderly that is just in the process of dying of general old age and all the ailments that come with it?

In that case, when exactly do you know it is time to call hospice care - in other words, when/how exactly do you know the elderly is dying to close to dying?

My elderly in law looks like can pass any minute and has gotten so much worse in the last 3 years or so. Her mind is mostly gone, her eyes look blank and like she is "out of it." She rarely talks and mostly just mumbles and groans and makes strange noises, but sometimes (rarely) she says one word sentences such as "coffee" "cold" "thank you" "bed." But that is rare.

Most days she sleeps 95% of the time and I am not exaggerating. She can see very poorly and mostly use her tact, she can't hear well or maybe nothing at all, can't walk or just barely. Mostly when she ventures to walk by herself she falls. Even with help is very hard for her to move. She just sleep, eat, sit and nap, bathroom, sit and nap, eat, bathroom, sit and nap, etc until it is time to go to bed again. How much can someone sleep? She sleeps more than a newborn.[/quote]

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