Facility

Facility hospice centers include hospitals, independent hospices, nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Choose the hospice facility that makes you and your family feel most comfortable.

Questions to ask potential hospice providers:

• Do you have an outline of services, eligibility rules, costs, payment procedures, employee job descriptions and malpractice/liability insurance?

• Are individual care plans created for each new patient?

• Is a primary caregiver a condition of admission?

• Is there 24-hour access for assistance?

• How quickly can you start hospice care?

How does hope fit into all this?

When hospice enters the situation, a hope of recovery may transfer into a hope for meaningful, quality and comfortable time together.