Just want to say that my mother went on hospice 3 times. The services and care were so good that she "graduated" twice. Using hospice doesn't always mean imminent death. It can be a free way to get certain care (aide, nurse, chaplain, social worker, doctor, meds). You cannot get treatment for your hospice diagnosis but you can continue treatments for anything else.

Around here Palliative Care is separate and was also helpful, with no implication of stopping treatments or "giving up."