Who Is Eligible for Hospice Care? | Hospice Myths Debunked with Healthcare Henry

[0:04]Anyone is eligible for hospice care that has a terminal diagnosis. We're not depending upon insurance or out of pocket cost. Everyone is eligible as long as they have that, it can be anything from cirrhosis of the liver, COPD, cancer. Dementia is a huge one for us for a lot of companies actually, renal failure. But for renal failure, you can't be on dialysis because we can't do both because that's actively keeping you alive. And with cancer, you can't just be on chemo or radiation because those things, but we will consider curative measures that are actively keeping you alive. But anything that's keeping you comfortable, you can qualify for a hospice.