Hospice Care

"Hospice care is for a terminally ill person who's expected to have six months or less to live. This doesn't mean that hospice care will be provided only for six months, however. Hospice care can be provided as long as the person's doctor and hospice care team certify that the condition remains life-limiting."  Mayo Clinic

For those of us who are caregivers, it is important to remember that hospice might be an option at some point in the caregiving.  It is worth checking around before it is needed, as a reader has told me that the services varying considerably in both cost and delivery.  Dementia is a terminal illness, but it may take years before progression gets to the "six months or less to live".  Still, it is good for us, as caregivers, to know the options for dignified support during the last months of life.