My 91year old grandmother has colon cancer , she stoped eating a few days ago , she has uncontrolable diarrea , she cant walk , after we leave from hospital, she forgets we were there. when is hospice called , and how long will we have Her with us
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Hospice is called when the family wants it and when the doctors feel the patient probably has less than six months to live. Patients usually prefer to die at home rather than in a hospital. Hospice generally requires a family willing to do end stage care at their home with hospice assistance. - - - Please note that no one - even the medical professionals on this site - can predict the future - especially for a person we have never seen. If she has an experienced oncologist, he or she would make the best guess as to time left - but it would be a guess. Her doctors know her case. You have provided very little information to go on. What is her tumor volume ? Metastatic disease - where and how extensive ? How much weight loss ? What do her serum chemistries look like ? What other co-morbid conditions does this 91 year old person have ? Most important, we would need to see her. An experienced medical professional can tell quite a bit from a brief look at a person in this situation.
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