What types of illness are cared for by hospice?
Hospice care is provided for people who have any type of end-stage heart, lung, kidney and/or liver disease, Parkinson’s, stroke, Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), emphysema, Altzheimer’s, and AIDS. Often, a patient may not have just one diagnosis that is end-stage, but may have multiple diagnoses that create a life-limiting condition.