Four things, and the fourth is for the people still here afterwards.
For a life expectancy of roughly six months or less if the illness runs its usual course. Comfort-focused, at home, with the full team and everything the Medicare benefit covers.
Symptom relief alongside treatment that is still curative. You do not have to choose one or the other, and it often comes long before hospice would.
Up to five days of inpatient care so a family carer can sleep, travel, or simply stop for a moment. Asking for it is not a failure.
Thirteen months of support after a death, for the family, whether or not you used us for anything else.
Manages symptoms and medication, and is who you reach at night.
Bathing, dressing, the daily things that get hard.
Paperwork, benefits, family conversations, and what happens next.
Of any faith or none. Entirely optional.
Oversees the plan of care with your own doctor.
Company, errands, and an hour so you can get out of the house.