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Is It Time
for Hospice?
You do not have to wait for a crisis to ask for help
When might it be time to consider Hospice?
Hospice may be appropriate when a serious illness continues to progress despite treatment, daily activities become more difficult, or the focus of care begins shifting from cure to comfort.
- More frequent hospitalizations or emergency-room visits
- Repeated infections
- Increasing pain, shortness of breath or other difficult symptom
More medical needs
A shift towards comfort
- The caregiver is becoming physically or emotionally exhausted
- The patient says they want to remain comfortable and avoid the hospital
- Choosing quality of life over additional treatment
- Treatments are no longer helping or are becoming burdensome
- More time sleeping or resting
- Worsening confusion or dementia
Changes in daily life
Changes in strength and independence
- Significant weight loss or reduced appetite
- Increasing weakness, falls or difficulty walking
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Needing more assistance with bathing, dressing or eating
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