Is Hospice the Answer?

“Taking Care of You at Home”

Are you caring for an ailing friend or family member or looking for hospice information for yourself? Did you know that hospice is available to help in most cases and at little or no cost? Find out if hospice is the answer for your loved one or yourself by answering these ten, simple questions:

Have you or your loved one...

1.	Been hospitalized or to the emergency room several times in the past six months?
	Yes No

2.	Been making more frequent phone calls to your physicians?
	Yes No

3.	Started taking medication to lessen physical pain?
	Yes No

4.	Started spending most of the day in a chair or bed?
	Yes No

5.	Fallen several times over the past six months?
	Yes No

6.	Started needing help from others with two or more of the following:
	Bathing Dressing Eating Walking Getting out of bed
	Yes No

7.	Started feeling weaker or more tired?
	Yes No

8.	Experienced weight loss so that clothes are noticeably looser?
	Yes No

9.	Noticed a shortness of breath, even while resting?
	Yes No

10.	Been told by a doctor that life expectancy is limited?
	Yes No