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Hospice care is end-of-life care for people with 6 months or fewer to live, focusing on providing quality of life and comfort rather than curing the illness.
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It is a special kind of care that provides compassionate care for people in the last phases of incurable disease.
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Hospice care professionals do not cure diseases, instead they treat a person’s symptoms to improve their quality of life.
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Hospice care is a special kind of care that focuses on the quality of life for people who are experiencing an advanced, life-limiting illness and their caregivers. Hospice care provides compassionate care for people in the last phases of incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible.
What Is Hospice Care? | American Cancer Society
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Hospice care comes to the patient wherever they may be. Hospice services are provided where a patient lives, which may be their private residence or that of a loved one,…
Hospice Foundation Of America - What is Hospice?
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Hospice care is for people who are in the final stages of an incurable illness. The aim is to ensure they are comfortable, and able to live their last days as fully as possible.
Hospice care professionals do not cure diseases. Instead, they treat a person’s symptoms to improve their quality of life.
What is hospice care? Everything you need to know - Medical News Today
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Hospice offers four levels of care , two of which happen at home. The four levels are: Routine Home Care . The most common level of hospice care , this includes nursing and…
Hospice Care - Your Questions Answered - WebMD
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All care that you get for your terminal illness must be given by or arranged by the hospice team. You can't get the same type of hospice care from a…
Hospice Care Coverage - Medicare
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Hospice is medical care designed for the end of someone’s life. The purpose of hospice is to improve the quality of life that’s left. Hospice provides pain and other symptom…
What Is Hospice Care? - Healthline
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