Reviewing a few questions may help you to take the next step to ask about Hospice.
Has your loved one ~
- been hospitalized or gone to the emergency room several times in the past six months?
- been making more frequent phone calls to his or her physicians?
- started taking medication to lessen physical pain?
- started spending most of the day in a chair or bed?
- fallen several times over the past six months?
- started needing help from others with any of the following ~ bathing, dressing, eating, getting out of bed, and/or walking?
- started feeling weaker or more tired?
- experienced weight loss so that clothes are noticeably looser?
- noticed a shortness of breath, even while resting?
- been told by a doctor that life expectancy is limited?
If you answered "yes" to some these questions, hospice could be the answer for you and your loved one. Hospice can help manage the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient, while also supporting the needs of the family.
