Hospice: A Definition

Hospice is a focused, team approach to providing healthcare and other needed services to patients nearing the end of life. The hospice team is comprised of physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, pastoral representatives, home health aides, volunteers, and family caregivers. Its mission is to provide comfort care to patients and their families in less institutionalized settings and with less strict routines. The services are paid for entirely by Medicare for people who have been given a terminal diagnosis by their physicians and who have chosen to refuse curative measures.

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