General Guidelines Hospice appropriate individuals may exhibit some or all of the following: • Frequent hospitalizations
• Progressive weight loss
• Deteriorating mental abilities
• Recurrent infections
• Specific decline in condition Who should receive hospice care? • People with an illness causing a limited life expectancy
• Patients and families who have chosen care that focuses
       on symptom management rather than curative treatment
• Patients and families who choose no extreme measures to
       sustain life.
"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live". ~ Norman Cousins