To promote and facilitate the highest possible quality of life during a life-limiting illness. To ably and compassionately assist families during the bereavement process, and to continuously exemplify the hospice philosophy of preserving patient choice and patient dignity. When a cure is no longer expected, hospice care will enable you to remain independent for as long as possible, live comfortably, and ensure that your wishes are followed. Patients become eligible for hospice care when curative options have been exhausted or the risks of treatment outweigh the gains, and when the physician estimates the person's life expectancy to be months rather than years. Although recovery may no longer be possible for our patients, there is still a great deal we can do through physical, emotional a