What is "hospice"?

What is "hospice"?

David Kessler (Director of Palliative Care, Citrus Valley Health Partners and Hospice) gives expert video advice on: What are the first steps in hospice care?; Where does hospice care take place?; Can my family and friends be involved in my hospice care? and more...

Hospice is a way of providing care and services to a loved one or yourself when you have a terminal illness. Hospice is also nurses coming to your home, or sometimes people will decide to go into a hospice unit. It's at the time of their life when they have found that a curative answer is no longer possible, and they just want to made comfortable and have their symptoms managed. This is hospice.