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.
Unlike palliative care, hospice care is triggered by a timeframe. A patient cannot be recommended for hospice care unless and until a doctor (and in some states, two doctors) certifies that the patient is within six months of the end of his or her life. Hospice care may include some forms of palliative care. The difference is that hospice care provides no expectation or even suggestion of a cure. Hospice is intended only to manage symptoms, to keep the patient comfortable until he or she dies.