In order to take advantage of hospice care through Medicare, a person must

Question

a. be in advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
b. have veterans’ benefits.
c. agree to use all available forms of life-prolonging measures.
d. be terminally ill with 6 months or less to live.

Answer 1

In order to take advantage of hospice care through Medicare, a person must:

d. be terminally ill with 6 months or less to live.

Medicare hospice benefits are available to those who are diagnosed with a terminal illness and have a life expectancy of six months or less if the illness runs its normal course.