There are 60 minutes in an hour. This is the simple, man-made concept to keep in mind when calculating minutes as a fraction of an hour. The best way to understand the calculation of minutes as fractions of an hour is to first visualize some common hour-fractions which we see every day.nd twenty minutes equals twenty times one-sixtieth (i.e., 20 x 1/60), which is one-third (20/60 = 1/3) of an hour. We have now mastered the art of calculating minutes as fractions of the hour.
Your oncologist or primary care doctor may recommend hospice services to you if you are estimated to have 6 months or less to live. The goals of hospice are to: 1  Help you live comfortably at the end stage of your life.  Help you and your family cope with the changes that are happening.
When hospices began, workers often entered a home months before a death with plenty of time to help the family prepare emotionally for the death. But the average length of stay in a hospice fell from an average of 90 days in 1990 to 48 days in 1999, according to the IOM.Half of Medicare hospice users received care for 19 days or less, the General Ac-. counting Office found in a review last year.A week or less was common.hen hospices began, workers often entered a home months before a death with plenty of time to help the family prepare emotionally for the death. But the average length of stay in a hospice fell from an average of 90 days in 1990 to 48 days in 1999, according to the IOM.