HOSPICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hospice mean? 

• HOSPICE (noun)
  The noun HOSPICE has 2 senses:

1. a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)

2. a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill

  Familiarity information: HOSPICE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOSPICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hospice" is a kind of...):

housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hospice" is a kind of...):

medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)

 Context examples 

The longer version of this instrument was used by Kane and colleagues to evaluate a clinical trial of hospice care.

(McGill Pain Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Hospice care, care at the end of life, always includes palliative care.

(Palliative Care, NIH: National Institute of Nursing Research)

Supportive care that is not hospice or pain relief

(Palliative Care, Other Than Pain and Hospice, NCI Thesaurus)

There is a hospice of monks yonder, where you may see the roof among the trees, and there it was that Sir Roland was slain.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hospice care can take place: • At home • At a hospice center • In a hospital • In a skilled nursing facility

(Hospice Care, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

The patient died while in a medical center such as a hospital, skilled nursing facility (SNF), intermediate care facility (ICF), or a freestanding hospice center.

(Died in a Medical Facility, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

End-of-life planning usually includes making choices about the following: • The goals of care (for example, whether to use certain medicines during the last days of life) • Where you want to spend your final days • Which treatments for end-of-life care you wish to receive • What type of palliative care and hospice care you wish to receive

(End of Life Issues, NIH)

Usually, a hospice patient is expected to live 6 months or less.

(Hospice Care, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Hospice programs also provide services to support a patient's family.

(Hospice Care, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Hospice care is end-of-life care.

(Hospice Care, NIH: National Cancer Institute)