Hospice
WHAT IS
HOSPICE?
The word
"Hospice" originally represented a place of refuge
that provided shelter and nourishment for weary travelers.
Today, Hospice is a special program that cares for people
with terminal illness.
In the course
of certain illness, when the patient, doctor and family
decide the aggressive curative treatment is no longer appropriate,
hospice offers new hope, the hope that patients will spend
their lives in comfort with the support needed to control
the symptoms of illness as well as meet their physical,
emotional and spiritual needs.
P.E.C. Healthcare
Hospice provides services relating to life-threatening illness.
Services are available that are not possible in a traditional
health care setting. The hospice team provides services
that allow the patient to stay at home with family or other
caregivers. Patients are important participants in making
decisions that affect their care.
The hospice
concept attempts to keep intact the independence, dignity
and personal choices of the patient while providing medical
treatment and relief. Focus is on the patient and family
rather than the disease or cause of death.
WHO
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