Gill TM, et al. - The authors wished to clarify the link between the presence and number of restricting symptoms and number of disabilities and subsequent admission to hospice at the end of life. This prospective cohort study recommended that hospice services seemed to be suitably targeted to older persons with the greatest needs at the end of life. Although the short duration of hospice suggested that additional strategies were required to better address the high burden of distressing symptoms and disability at the end of life.