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- Step One: Take some time to assess what is important to you now.
- Step Two: If you're leaning toward hospice care, where would you prefer to do it?
- Step Three: Discuss your health status and treatment/care options with your doctor.
- Step Four: Discuss the hospice option with your family and loved ones.
- Step Five: Speak with a mental health professional and/or your religious or spiritual advisor if you have one.
- Step Six: Decide how you will pay for hospice care or get it for free.
Making The Decision To Go Into A Hospice in Six Steps
Step One: Take some time to assess what is important to you now.
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For instance, think about the following:
- Consider the trade-offs that accompany continuing to fight against the advantages and trade-offs of letting go.
- Are you psyched to keep fighting, even if the medical community says there is no hope and time is very short?
- Are you willing to go through treatments which may have little chance of working? Are there side effects of the treatments you will likely have to deal with?
- Are you more interested in living your remaining days being comfortable?
- If your medical care is a drain on your finances, is the balance shifting to preserving your remaining capital for the needs of your loved ones?
- Does your religion or spiritual values permit you to stop working on a cure?
- What is continuing to fight doing to the lives of the people you love?
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