| Hospice is not a place to stay, like a hospital
or nursing home. |
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Hospice is a way of providing
care for a person who is terminally ill. |
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| Hospice is not a "death bed" service
for people in the last 48 hours of life. |
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Hospice is a program
that focuses on quality of life. It is most helpful during the final
six months of life expectancy. |
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| Hospice is not a place to send dying people
so they won't have to know what is happening to them. |
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Hospice believes in the
right of people to know accurately and honestly what is happening to
them so they can choose how they want to spend their remaining days in the most purposeful and meaningful ways. |
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| Hospice is not just for cancer patients. |
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Hospice is for people
who have any terminal illness. |
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| Hospice is not a resignation to hopelessness
and helplessness. |
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Hospice is a way to deal
realistically with a fatal disease. It offers the hope of dignity and
comfort. |
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| Hospice is not expensive. |
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Hospice is covered by
Medicare, Medicaid and many other insurance providers. No patient is
ever denied care if he or she is unable to pay. |
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| Hospice is not euthanasia. |
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Hospice neither hastens
nor prolongs death. Hospice lets nature take its course. |
