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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry OP. You can request (or perhaps need a doctor to do this) an assessment for hospice eligibility. They have some pretty specific criteria to screen out people who are just very old OR in a state of dementia but not near death. We found this very frustrating during our father's final stages of Alzheimers. The main criteria is someone who has six months or less to live; for someone without a terminal diagnosis, but clearly declining, weight loss (% body weight) and/or loss of speech were the specific requirements that I recall. I believe the restrictions are related to the fact that hospice is covered under Medicare and they need/want to avoid someone on hospice for years and years. Hospice won't "hasten parent to the end," to use your phrase, but they are a godsend in providing an extra set of hands for a few hours each week and someone whose primary goal is palliative care - making the individual comfortable. [/quote]
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