Terminal diagnoses must meet status and treatment criteria in order to be considered "eligible" for hospice coverage. Terminal diagnoses include diseases in their end-stages.
- End-Stage ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease
- End-Stage Alzheimer's
- End-Stage Autoimmune diseases
- End-Stage Cancer
- End-Stage Dementia
- End-Stage Diabetes
- End-Stage Digestive Disease
- End-Stage FTT/Debility
- End-Stage Heart Disease
- End-Stage Kidney Disease
- End-Stage Liver Disease
- End-Stage Neurological Disorders (CVA, Parkinson's MS)
- End-Stage Pulmonary Disease
What does "end stage" mean?
a disease condition that is essentially terminal because of irreversible
damage to vital tissues or organs
end-stage disease. (n.d.) Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing. (2012). Retrieved February 11 2016 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/end-stage+disease
Terminal Diagnoses, Terminal Illness, or Life-Limiting Illness
Eligible Diagnoses
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A terminal disease, terminal illness, or life-limiting illness is a disease or condition that can be reasonably expected to cause death within a short amount of time. A person is not "terminal"; at Saint Verena Hospice Care, we consider you still a person, a person living with terminal illness. A terminal illness is not an immediate death sentence. You are still living as you hear the diagnosis, and as you walk out the door at the doctor's office. It is our job and calling at Saint Verena Hospice Care to remind you that you deserve to live the rest of your life (however short or long it may be) in comfort and peace.