Eligibility

MEDICARE PART A AND MEDI-CAL ACCEPTED

Patients whose physician determines that they may have a life limiting illness and who choose comfort care qualify for hospice. These patients include, but are not limited to, those having diagnoses such as cancer, end stage disease, liver, kidney, heart, end stage dementia, ALS, AIDS.

• Have a limited life expectancy
• Have an attending physician who will work with the hospice team
• Accept palliative team
• Have a responsible primary caregiver or agree to develop, if needed, an alternate plan of care.