Topkare End of Life Care Hospice San Diego CA
California’s End of Life Option Act
California's End of Life Option Act, which took effect in 2016 and was updated in 2022, provides another choice for certain terminally ill patients who are making decisions at the end of their lives. Topkare respects the rights of our patients to use this option.
We reaffirm a basic element of the hospice philosophy that states that because dying is a natural process, hospice seeks to neither hasten nor postpone death. At Topkare End of Life Care Hospice in San Diego CA we acknowledge that there may be hospice patients who wish to avail themselves of their legal right to pursue medical aid-in-dying as their end-of-life option of choice. We will not abandon these patients or their families for this decision.
It is the mission of Topkare to meet the needs of patients and families in a way that honors how each patient wants to live their final months or days.
Please feel free to call or contact Topkare Hospice with any questions you may have regarding California’s End of Life Option Act.
Empowered Endings is ready to discuss and support end-of-life decisions while being sensitive to individual values and/or belief systems.
The following is a list of resources for addition information:
Coalition for Compassionate Care of California