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A member asked:
Please help can't take being sick anymore and want to get help with hospice?
7 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Phone call away: Hospice is just a phone call away. Call your local hospital. They should be able to get you in touch with them.
Answered 9/5/2012
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Hospice: Well, you may just need a palliative approach to care; comfort over cure. Hospice is palliative care in the last months of life. Discuss with your physician about working on your comfort or find a physician who is hospice and palliatively board-certified.
Answered 4/23/2013
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Hospice : Needs a doctor referral to a hospice agency. If you have no primary care doctor. The hospice agency has a doctor that can evaluate if they meet the conditions. To qualify, the patient needs to have a life expectancy of 6 months or less as determined by the doctor. Medicare covers that benefit. Some private insurance covers it. Some hospices also have charity services.
Answered 6/21/2014
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Are u sick enough?: Don't take that question the wrong way. Hospice is truly for those who are approaching death, not for those who are sick and intolerably stressed out about it. If your illness warrants such consideration, you need to have a long discussion with your PMD.
Answered 12/4/2014
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