Besides medications used to treat conditions associated with peripheral neuropathy, medications used to relieve peripheral neuropathy signs and symptoms include: Pain relievers. Over-the-counter pain medications, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, can relieve mild symptoms.
To begin hospice care, an individual must have a life expectancy of six months or less. A physician's referral is needed. If you believe your family member is in need of hospice services, communicate this to the physician currently providing care.
It's not possible to be too old for Medicare. But there may be other reasons he doesn't qualify. It could be that Medicare does not pay for hospice care in the long term. At 103 I would appeal to the President if I were you. When he turned 100 he should have received recognition from the White House.