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2. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, hospice care is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. These symptoms can be physical, emotional, spiritual, or social in nature. The concept of hospice as a place to treat the incurably ill has been evolving since the 11th century.

3. Palliative care - Wikipedia

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   Palliative care. Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. [ 1 ] Within the published literature, many definitions of palliative care exist.

4. Hospice - Wikipedia

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   Hospice. 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 ...

5. Hospice Check - The Huffington Post

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   Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, 5:40 am EST. The Huffington Post has updated Hospice Check to reflect current inspection data. Since we first published this map in June, the number of hospices that haven’t been inspected in more than six years fell below 400, from 759. The average time since last inspection also fell, from 3 ½ years to ...

6. Rainbow Hospice - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates: 42.079103°N 87.912372°W. Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, founded in 1981, is one of the oldest and largest non-profit hospice and palliative care providers in Illinois. With main offices at 1550 Bishop Court in Mt. Prospect and additional offices in Elgin and Urbana, [1] Rainbow serves patients in seven counties throughout ...

7. Hospice and palliative medicine - Wikipedia

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   Initially as a form of lodging for the sick, hospice refers to holistic end of life care. The word palliate comes from the Latin word "pallium", which means "cloak"—to palliate is to cloak, or cover up, the symptoms of an illness without curing it. [1] Palliative care got its start as hospice care delivered largely by caregivers at religious ...