Hospice Key Indicators
Consider These Key Indicators for Your Loved One
Did you know that the number one hospice indicator in a patient 65 years of age and older is functional decline? If your patient is experiencing two or more of the following indicators, it may be time to consider hospice.
- Skin breakdown
- Unintended weight loss
- Increasing shortness of breath
- Multiple medications/frequent
- medication changes
- Frequent falls
- Multiple ER visits/hospitalizations
- Changed mental status
- Other diagnoses contributing to decline
- Recurrent/multiple infections
- Increased assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
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