Hospice is a specialized, patient-centered and coordinated model of medical care. It’s designed to optimize quality of life for seriously ill patients and their families.

Hospice care is:

• Patient-centered, physician-directed and nurse-managed
• Focused on comfort, best possible quality of life, and coordination of care
• A medical model of care that meets the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of those living with life-limiting illness
• An interdisciplinary approach that includes a team of physicians, nurses, social workers, spiritual counselors, volunteers and therapists as appropriate
• Offered in patients’ homes, long-term care facilities (nursing homes), hospitals or hospice inpatient units