Medicare regulations require that hospice patients must have a prognosis of less than six months if the disease runs its normal course.

Dialing 911 is something that can get hospice patients into situations they don't want to be in.

The length of stay in particular is a concern, with most hospice patients dying within two or three weeks of enrollment.

My ornament said: Take a hospice patient on a date.

The mean age of the hospice patient was 70.22 years and 61.86 for caregivers.

My husband, who died two years ago, spent his last month as a hospice patient.

The study addressed three specific research questions in hospice patients with end-stage lung cancer and their caregivers.

Angola permits hospice patients to receive visits from prison friends, called the "inmate family."

Although most hospice patients die within two months of admission, others stay on the program far longer than six months.

Usually, a hospice patient is expected to live 6 months or less.