Hospice services covered by Medicare and can offer comfort and support for people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. The plan of care your hospice team creates can include any or all of these services:
- Doctor services
- Nursing care
- Medical equipment
- Medical supplies
- Prescription drugs
- Hospice aide services
- Physical and occupational therapy
- Speech-language pathology services
- Social worker services
- Dietary counseling
- Grief and loss counseling for you and your family
- Short-term inpatient care (for pain and symptom management)
- Short-term respite care
- Any other Medicare-covered services needed to manage your terminal illness and related conditions, as recommended by your hospice team