Hospice Action Network

Hospice & Palliative · Colorado · Free

Advocacy arm of NHPCO advancing hospice and palliative care policy. Worth contacting when a doctor expects six months or less remaining; hospice is fully Medicare-covered at this point. Medicare's hospice benefit covers nurse visits, medications, equipment, and 13 months of grief support for surviving family. Conversations about goals of care are most useful BEFORE crisis; The Conversation Project has free guides for starting them. Free service; donations support but never gate access.

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