Ask an Expert provides confidential guidance to patients, families, and other interested parties regarding care at the end of life and bereavement. Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) is not a direct service healthcare provider. Information and education provided through this service does not establish a patient-client relationship. HFA’s experts have answered tens of thousands of inquiries related to: 

• eligibility for hospice or palliative care
• finding local hospice providers 
• accessing care
• how to select a hospice provider
• how and when to discuss end-of-life care
• differences between hospice and palliative care
• recognizing end-of-life signs and symptoms
• coping with grief and where to find help 

 
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