Hospice Eligibility Guidelines
General decline, disease-specific prompts, and what information helps admissions review appropriateness.
Patient handouts
Share clear, compassionate resources before or after a hospice conversation. These handouts are designed to help patients and families understand options without having to absorb everything at once.
A referral
Before
Help families understand hospice, palliative care, eligibility, and why timing matters.
A decision
During
Give the patient a plain-language reminder of what was discussed.
Enrollment
After
Point caregivers toward training, symptom guidance, and 24/7 support.
Clinical handouts
Resources for explaining hospice readiness
These pages help clinicians translate eligibility, timing, and care options into language families can keep.
Palliative Care Guidelines
Triggers for palliative support, goals-of-care review, and hospice transition planning.
Why Refer Early
A family-friendly explanation of how earlier support helps with comfort, planning, and caregiver teaching.
What's My Role?
A quick explanation of how attending and referring clinicians can stay involved after hospice begins.
Conversation tools
Resources for difficult conversations
Use these when the family needs time to read, talk privately, and return with questions.
Talking to Patients About Hospice
Sample language, common myths, and a step-by-step conversation framework.
How to Get Hospice Care
A plain-language family page about how hospice begins, who can call, where care happens, and what coverage may include.
Goals of Care
A family-facing page for understanding comfort-focused choices and what matters most.
Caregiver resources
Handouts that help after care begins
Once a family is caring at home, practical guidance matters. These resources support symptom questions, care-team communication, and bedside skills.
Patient & caregiver guide
Training and symptom guidance for families caring for someone at home.
Caregiving videos
Short videos for transfers, positioning, mouth care, pain management, breathing trouble, and emotional support.
Contacting your care team
Guidance on when to call, what to report, and how the 24/7 nurse line helps.
Print or send
A handout works best when it follows a human conversation
Offer one or two resources that match the family's immediate question. Too many links at once can feel like homework in the middle of a crisis.
How to use
A simple handout workflow for busy clinicians
Keep the focus on understanding and next steps.
Choose one resource
Match the handout to the patient's question: eligibility, timing, clinician role, or caregiver support.
Write the next action
Circle a phone number, note the referral plan, or name who will call next.
Invite questions
Tell the family they can call Treasure Coast Hospice directly, even if they are not ready to enroll.
Need a resource for a specific family?
Send them a page, print a handout, or call us together. We are glad to explain options in plain language.