Hospice care help Welcome to your Hospice care help Is Hospice Care Right for You? It only takes a minute to answer five key questions that can determine whether hospice care could be right for you or someone close to you. 1. Have you started to need more help to perform daily activities? These include: Bathing Dressing Eating Walking Getting out of bed YesNo 2. Have you found yourself needing more medical support? Are you calling your doctor more? Have you started or increased pain medication? Have you visited the ER or been hospitalized three or more times for the same symptoms in the past six months? YesNo 3. Has there been a recent change in your condition? Some examples might include: Progressive weight loss Several falls in the past six months Shortness of breath, even when resting Spending most of the day confined to bed or a chair YesNo 4. Have you been diagnosed with a serious, life-limiting illness? These include (but are not limited to): AIDS Alzheimer's Disease Cancer Cardiopulmonary Disease Cerebral Vascular Accident/Stroke Liver Disease Neurological Conditions (Dementia, Parkinson’s, MS, ALS, Huntington’s Disease) Renal Disease YesNo 5. Has your physician given you a prognosis of six months or less to live if the disease progression runs its normal course?YesNo Contact Names Email address Phone Number Time is Up!
