What is Hospice Care?

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Choosing hospice means choosing to optimize quality of life. Our priority is to minimize the symptoms of the disease and keep you and your loved one comfortable. It is an affirmation of the meaning of life, not giving up on it. It allows optimizing the time you have, control symptoms, and do what needs to be done. For the families and caregivers, hospice provides the support and training to deal with the crisis that is often part of the transitional phase of your life cycle.

Hospice care is eligible for patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Typically, the physician will initiate the hospice discussion when a patient’s prognosis is determined to be six months or less. However, anyone involved in the care of a patient, and patients themselves may contact EG Hospice. Upon receiving an inquiry, we will contact the patient’s physician for approval and send our professional staff to visit the patient and family at home or wherever the patient resides. Our Registered Nurse will evaluate the patient and present our program services. We will then contact the physician to review the diagnosis and request orders to begin hospice.

Hospice services are covered by Medicare and Medi-cal, 100%. Most insurance companies include hospice as a covered benefit.