Dear Carol: My mother is in a nursing home and is expected to live only a few more months. I’ve had a few people tell me I should call in hospice care. She gets good care in the nursing home, so why would I want hospice care? Isn’t that just for people in their homes? – Sandy
Dear Sandy: Hospice delivers end-of-life care to people no matter where their home is. Many people get hospice care in their own homes, but often people have lived in a nursing home for years and that is their home. Hospice works very well with nursing homes. Once a person is on hospice care, hospice directs the care but the nursing home staff is still part of the team.
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