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Hospital and Hospice Partnerships
Talking About Palliative Care vs. HospiceAuthor: TNYC
Date: Jun 28, 2007 10:48 am
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Hospice programs also provide interdisciplinary care to address pain and/or symptoms. However, in this case, the target patient population is those who have a prognosis of six months or less if the disease pursues its normal course and who are no longer seeking curative therapies or interventions. While inpatient hospice services can be offered in the hospital setting, most hospice care is provided in the home or in a nursing home setting.
Ideally, there is a continuum of services involving palliative care early in the course of the illness and hospice care when the patient and family determine they wish to elect this targeted approach.
It is important to note that both Palliative Care and hospice providers include psycho-social and spiritual supportive care as key elements and address the bereavement needs of patients and family members.