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ADMISSION CRITERIA
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- A terminal illness with a prognosis of 6 months or less, if
the illness runs its normal course.
- No plans for further aggressive or curative diagnostics or
therapies.
- Patient is agreeable to hospice care.
Worksheets for Determining Prognosis:
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations supports
the following guidelines to aid in determining prognosis in non-cancer
disease. These worksheets are just a starting point in decision
making in non-cancer disease. At the time of admission, clinical
judgment must always be applied in each individual case to supplement
these guidelines.
- Adult Failure to Thrive Syndrome
- Debility, Unspecified
 Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis- Dementia/Alzheimer's
- Heart Disease
- HIV
- Liver Disease
- Pulmonary Disease
- Renal Disease
- Stroke and/or Coma
- All Other Diagnoses
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