hospice

(noun)

The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, along with support for the family; typically refrains from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.

Related Terms

Examples of hospice in the following topics:

  • The "Sandwich Generation" and Elder Care

    • This broad term encompasses such services as assisted living, adult day care, long-term care, nursing homes, hospice care, and in-home care.

  • The Labeling Approach

    • Shows personifications of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis in the gardens of the Hospice de la Salpêtrière.

  • Aging

    • The various forms that elderly care services can take include assisted living, adult day care, long-term care, nursing homes, hospice care, and in-home care.

  • Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

    • Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1969), who worked with the founders of hospice care, described in her theory of grief the process of an individual accepting their own death.