Hospice care offers good care to the patients and their families who are facing a life threatening illness. This service is mainly a concept of providing good care not a specific place of care. Hospice care is provided to the patients that have limited life expectancy. Most of the hospice patients are cancer patients. However, [...]
To the surprise of many people, hospice – a word often associated with death and dying – is really about quality of life. Hospice strives to honor an individual’s values, beliefs, and wishes until life’s journey ends. Whether due to unfavorable perceptions or inaccurate information, it is estimated that more than 50 percent of the [...]
What is hospice care? Hospice care is for people who can no longer benefit from regular medical treatment and are likely in their final months of life. The goal of hospice is to keep pain and suffering to a minimum, not to cure the underlying illness. For both you and the person in your care, [...]
In this article, I will outline key points my fellow hospice team members and I have observed in our day to day work.. I have worked over 12 years as a Spiritual Counselor in Hospice Care. Each person teaches me something, though it is I who is supposed to minister to them in the [...]