Tools & Resources

Does your loved one have Alzheimer’s?

Caring for patients with Alzheimer’s can bring uncertainty regarding disease progression and when they may be eligible for hospice care.

Our staff’s holistic approach honors our patients’ wishes, maximizes their comfort, and supports their families and caregivers.

When is your loved one eligible?

Call us when you observe these signs and symptoms of end-stage Alzheimer’s disease in your loved one:

• requires help with eating, dressing, bathing, toiletingunable to sit up or hold their head upunable to control bowel and bladder movements
• trouble swallowing or eating
• unable to correctly use or understand wordssuffers from frequent infections of different kinds

Want to keep a resource like this with you?

Download our ‘Expert End-of-Life Care for Patients with Alzheimer’s’ Flyer

Read more about our resources for families with dementia patients, including:

• Medicare’s Hospice Benefit for Beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s Disease, a publication of the Alzheimer’s Association
• Dementia At the End of Life, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging

To learn more about our services, visit www.montgomeryhospice.org/services.
You can also find resources available at www.montgomeryhospice.org/resources.