How Does Hospice Care Work?
The goal of home healthcare & hospice care is to improve the quality of life for both patients and their carers who are dealing with an advanced, terminal illness. In order to let patients in the latter stages of an incurable disease live as comfortably and fully as possible, hospice care offers compassionate care. The hospice ideology affirms life while not attempting to hurry or postpone death. It recognises death as the final stage of existence. Instead than treating the disease itself, hospice care focuses on the patient and their symptoms. In order for a person's final days to be spent with respect and quality, accompanied by their loved ones, a team of professionals collaborates to control symptoms. Additionally family-centered, hospice care involves the patient and family in decision-making. When a condition, such advanced cancer, reaches the stage where treatment is no longer able to manage or cure it, hospice care is administered. In general, hospice care shou...