Janice is a chaplain who works in a hospital unit that specializes in neurodegenerative diseases. Part of her role is to help families talk through care decisions they need to make on behalf of their ailing loved ones. In which of the following cases would Janice be MOST likely to bring up the option of hospice care?
a, a 47-year-old woman with Huntington's who is expected to live less than six months
b. a 62-year-old woman with mid-stage dementia
c. a 65-year-old man whose treatment for Parkinson's requires skilled nurses to help manage the disease's side effects
d. a 71-year-old man with Huntington's disease who is beginning to experience atrophy and needs feeding tube