Hospice is not a death sentence.

We have had patients that once they were admitted to our service and have their symptoms managed, obtain an optimal comfort level, their nutritional status improves, the mental and emotional status improves, they get stronger, their health status stabilizes and have eventually come off of hospice as their prognosis has now changed to " discharge due to extended prognosis." Should they eventually begin a decline in health status, then they can be re-evaluated and re-admitted if appropriate.