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2. Hospice Care - Your Questions Answered - WebMD

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   On the Internet, you can go to the website of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. You can call the NHPCO at 800-658-8898. For languages other than English, call 877-658-8896 ...

3. What Is Hospice Care? - Healthline

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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 relief, as well as ...

4. Palliative Care vs. Hospice: How Do They Differ? - Healthline

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   Palliative care is an option as soon as you receive a diagnosis of a serious, life-altering condition. Hospice care, on the other hand, isn’t available until a doctor evaluates a timeline for ...

5. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Hospices can be small community-based operations, part of regional and national corporations, or part of a hospital or other health system. Data from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization indicated that in 2008 58.3% of hospice agencies were independent, with 20.8% based in hospitals, 19.7% geared for home health care and 1.3% ...

6. Hospice - Wikipedia

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   Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering. Hospice care provides an alternative to therapies focused on life ...

7. Hospice and Palliative Care: What’s the Difference? - WebMD

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   It’s about easing pain and helping families prepare for the end of life. Palliative care is part of that, but it’s just one part. People in hospice care generally are expected to have less ...