Hospice treatment to get stronger? Too weak for chemo

Someone in family has gastic cancer

inside and outside of stomach

never told what stage etc (think was kept from us)

did chemo, finished and stopped due to weakness etc & now getting quite ill - not eating, nausea, pain, fluid that needs draining etc.

just been told he is going to a hospice to get strong is this even a thing hospices do? It feels a lie.

My family have said he is too weak to do treatment so going to a hospice to get comfortable stop pain etc - get strong - then look at whats possible to be done? Is this even something thats done? I cant imagine a convo where Dr says go go here get strong then see? And done under hospice care, im sorry for going on but wonder if this is another fib im being told.

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  • Sometimes respite care can be offered at a hospice or a hospice stay can be a chance to get pain under control followed by a return home. The language used might well have been to build your family member up and get pain under control then see what are the next best steps. It is not the case that a hospice is somewhere you go to die and can never return from. Hospices do much more than that.  If you are visiting your family member at the hospice, the hospice should be able to help you understand better what is going on here. 

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  • Sometimes respite care can be offered at a hospice or a hospice stay can be a chance to get pain under control followed by a return home. The language used might well have been to build your family member up and get pain under control then see what are the next best steps. It is not the case that a hospice is somewhere you go to die and can never return from. Hospices do much more than that.  If you are visiting your family member at the hospice, the hospice should be able to help you understand better what is going on here. 

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