Admission Criteria:
• 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 Organization 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.
General Guidelines
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease
- Heart Disease
- HIV
- Liver Disease
- Pulmonary Disease
- Renal Disease
- Stroke and/or Coma
- All Other Diagnoses
