Hospice

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See for

end of life care

Broader Terms

health care facility

Related Terms

terminal patient care

Scope Note

facility that provides palliative and supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families.

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Although 90 percent of American hospice care is provided at home, hospice is available wherever you actually live, including nursing homes or assisted-living residences.
What is hospice care?Under Medicare, hospice is primarily a program of care delivered in a persons home by a Medicare - approved hospice.
Hospice is committed to helping people who are grieving.
Hospice is not a place.
About HAA Offers answers to questions about the Hospice Association of America.
New The 2006 Current Concepts in Palliative Care: Update and Review Course and the Hospice Medical Director Course will be held August 17-19 in Las Vegas, NV.
org Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Established in 1986, the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association is the nation's largest and oldest professional nursing organization dedicated to promoting excellence in pain management and end-of-life care.
Halamandaris, President, National A C5F ssociation for Home Care & Hospice It is highly appropriate that we pay tribute to the nation's nurses during this week.
8800 to obtain information about good hospice and palliative care; to get referrals to hospices and palliative care organizations in the USA, to discuss issues relating to caring for the dying and the bereaved.

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