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- Summary
- 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 Three: Discuss your health status and treatment/care options with your doctor.
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Presumably it is your doctor who has given you an indication that you have a short life expectancy. If you have a question about the opinion, seek a second opinion.
Your doctor can provide valuable information and advice about your choices, and the type of services you may require.
Some doctors may be hesitant to discuss the subject of death and hospice care, or may not be knowledgeable about hospice services.
Your doctor may continue to play an active role in your care, and can help to establish and/or over-see your plan of care with the hospice organization.
If either you or your would like more information about hospice and the services available in hospice care, contact the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization helpline at 800.658.8898.
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