Stop wasting fuel. You do not need to boil water for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, double for high altitude, whatever else youâve heard, etc. If you have a thermometer, you donât even have to wait until the water begins to boil for safe drinking waterâ¦.
How long you can get hospice care. Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the illness runs its normal course). If you live longer than 6 months, you can still get hospice care, as long as the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor recertifies that youâre terminally ill. 1  You can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.
15 The share of beneficiaries aged 85 or older who died while in hospice care rose from 21 percent to 45 percent between 2000 and 2008 (Figure 4). The number of Medicare hospice clients increased to 1,055,000 in 2008, and the average length of stay increased from 80 days in 2007 to 83 days in 2008.