It would help so much if there were definitive goalposts to help you and your family members to understand when it\u2019s time for your elderly family member to enter hospice services. Every situation is slightly different, though, and you\u2019re also trying to make sure that you meet your senior\u2019s needs on as many levels as possible. It helps to keep some of these factors in mind when you\u2019re making these big decisions.<\/p>\n
If your elderly family member\u2019s health has taken a shift for the worse, either seemingly overnight or over a longer span of time, she may feel like there is not much else she can really do about that. Hospice elder care can help her to have additional ways to manage those new symptoms that she may be experiencing. Problems such as losing too much weight, experiencing constant shortness of breath, and other issues just make her existing health problems feel more complicated.<\/p>\n
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But it isn\u2019t just physical health. Your senior\u2019s cognitive health can also be a huge indicator of how well she\u2019s doing. If she sees big changes, especially reduction, in her cognitive health, it might be time to consider changes like hospice care. Cognitive changes can be a result of illnesses like Alzheimer\u2019s disease, but there are other possible causes, including things you wouldn\u2019t suspect, like hearing loss or diabetes. These illnesses can affect her overall health to the point that her brain health also can suffer.<\/p>\n
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Curative therapies and treatments have their place and they\u2019re a big part of your elderly family member\u2019s care plan, probably for a long time. If those treatments become too much for your senior, she might opt to stop them. Some of the treatments that she may have counted on making a difference for her health may feel as if they take more out of her than they offer back in terms of quality of life. Hospice treatments can shift things for her so that your elderly family member can focus on being comfortable instead.<\/p>\n
If your elderly family member\u2019s doctor has let her know that she\u2019s even closer to the end of her life than she expected, hospice may feel like a better option. Your senior\u2019s doctor may recommend hospice care when her lifespan is estimated to be six months or less. That doesn\u2019t mean that your senior\u2019s doctor is definitively saying she\u2019ll only live for the next six months and if hospice care needs to be extended, your senior can be recertified to receive that type of care.<\/p>\n
Talk with your elderly family member\u2019s doctor about your concerns with your senior\u2019s overall health and her needs. When hospice elder care is the right choice, you\u2019ll have several markers that help you to understand that it really is time to embrace that sort of treatment plan.<\/p>\n
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