No. Hospice is available to patients with all types of terminal diagnoses and has a set of symptoms and treatments for each diagnosis. Patients with any of the following diagnoses can be appropriate for hospice care, though hospice care is not limited to these diseases alone:
End-Stage Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia
Failure of Multiple Organ Systems
End-Stage Cardiovascular Disease
End-Stage Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
End-Stage Cerebrovascular Disease
End-Stage Renal Disease
Metastatic Malignancies (Cancer, Leukemia)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
End-Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Parkinson's Disease
Failure to Thrive
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