Hospice

From PiqqoWiki

Hospice is a program or facility that provides special care for people who are near the end of life and for their families. Hospice care can be provided at home, in a hospice or within a hospital.

The concept of hospice includes palliative care and to enable patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so that they live each day as fully as possible. The philosophy of hospice is to provide support for the patient's emotional, social, and spiritual needs as well as medical symptoms as part of treating the whole person.

A children's hospice is a hospice specifically designed to help children and young people who are not expected to reach adulthood with the emotional and physical challenges they face, and also to provide respite care for their families. They provide flexible, practical and free support at home and in the hospice to the entire family, often over many years and at any stage of the child’s or young person’s illness. This includes short breaks and daytime activities enabling families to get a rest; help with the control of pain or other distressing symptoms; and support for family members, including brothers and sisters.

All children’s hospice services are charities, relying on public generosity to continue to provide their services to families that need their vital support.