Myth #4: Once you are in hospice care, you have to stay "One thing that scares people about hospice is that they feel like if they choose hospice, they're stuck," says Tucci. But people can leave hospice whenever they want, she says, and there's always the option to reapply. "So if you decided, for example, that you wanted to try a drug trial or you wanted to consider some sort of alternative treatment for your illness that hadn't been tried, you could leave hospice and do that. "In other words, hospice doesn't mean you or your family are giving up control over your care, or the ability to choose who provides it.
