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7. If he isn't already in it, get him to consider either palliative care or hospice care

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 05:16 PM

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https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/hospice-and-palliative-care/what-are-palliative-care-and-hospice-care

This spells out what each of them are (palliative care is comfort care plus any desired treatment, hospice care is comfort care for those not wishing/able to undergo "curative" treatment and generally have a life expectancy of less than six months). My mother declined and died so fast that by the time the hospital got hospice treatment lined up, she was dead very shortly thereafter. (The hospice people kept reaching out to me for months offering bereavement care.) Depending on your friend's situation, there might be low or no added cost. Read the NIH article and follow the links.

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