So much of hospice care is focused on Cancer.  This results in the common misconception that hospice care is only for those who are diagnosed with Cancer. Home Hospice Association meets the misconception head-on by promoting a “for anyone” philosophy of care. Home Hospice Association Communities support any person diagnosed with a “life-limiting illness”: Congestive Heart Failure, COPD and neurological illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and ALS, etc. Hospice is not just for the person who has received a diagnosis, it is also for those who love them. As a matter of fact, one terminal diagnosis intimately affects five others, who are feeling scared and helpless after hearing the news of a loved one’s diagnosis; exhausted from being the primary caregiver with no support or respite; trying to emotionally prepare for an imminent death absent of coping strategies; putting their own grief aside to help their loved one achieve a peaceful death; experiencing a loss and having trouble getting back to a “living existence”.