hospice
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hos·pice
(hŏs'pĭs) 
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n.
- A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
- A program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.
[French, from Old French, from Latin hospitium, hospitality, from hospes, hospit-, host.]
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:
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hospice
Home or hospital for relieving physical and emotional suffering of dying persons. In patients expected to live only months or weeks, hospice care offers an alternative to aggressive life-prolonging measures, which often only increase discomfort and isolation. Hospices provide a sympathetic environment in which prevention (not just control) of physical pain has top priority, along with patients' emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a health facility, on an outpatient basis, or at home.
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Barron's Insurance Dictionary:
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Hospice
Facility that provides short periods of stay for a terminally ill person in a homelike setting for either direct care or respite. A “terminally ill” person has a life expectancy of six months or less. A hospice provides continuous care. Some health insurance plans pay benefits in full up to a maximum without a deductible for charges incurred for a terminally ill person while in a hospice care program. Also provided are bereavement benefits up to a maximum (usually $200) per family unit.
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hospice
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- An institution that provides care and shelter: asylum, home, hospital, shelter. See protection/exposure.
A resort for travelers which includes lodging and entertainment.
Columbia Encyclopedia:
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hospice
hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. Hospice is an alternative to hospitalization in which the focus is on maintaining the quality of life as much as is possible. It typically emphasizes home care for as long as possible; relief from pain; an attractive, noninstitutional environment if the patient can no longer be cared for at home; and personal and family counseling. The hospice movement was pioneered by Dr. Cicely Saunders, founder of St. Christopher's Hospice (opened 1967), London, and furthered by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's work with the dying.
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hospice
IN BRIEF: A place with a homelike feeling where patients who are dying of some disease are taken care of and made comfortable.
Home hospice is a wonderful service for families of patients who are very ill.
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Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
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hospice
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A program under medical direction and nurse coordination that provides a variety of inpatient and home care for individuals who are terminally ill and their family members; provides calming and accommodating care that meets the special needs arising from the variety of stresses experienced during the final phases of illness, death, and grieving (e.g., emotional, physical, social, economic, and spiritual).
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categories related to 'hospice'
- Practitioners, Patients, and Facilities - hospice: institution that provides care and counseling for terminally ill patients and their families
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Hospice
Dansk (Danish)
n. - herberg, asyl, gæstehjem
Nederlands (Dutch)
kloosterherberg, armenhuis, verpleeghuis voor terminale zieken
Français (French)
n. - hospice (de pauvres), établissement/hospice (pour malades incurables), programme de soins palliatifs
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξενώνας μοναστηριού, αρχονταρίκι, κλινική ανιάτων
Português (Portuguese)
n. - hospício (m), hospital (m) residencial (para doentes terminais), abrigo (m) para doentes pobres
Русский (Russian)
богадельня, монастырская гостиница, студенческое общежитие
Español (Spanish)
n. - hospicio
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hospice, (lyxigt) vårdhem för obotligt sjuka, härbärge
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
旅客住宿处, 济贫院, 收容所
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 旅客住宿處, 濟貧院, 收容所
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여행자 휴식소, (말기 환자를 위한) 병원
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) التكيه, نزل للمسافرين أو الفقراء تنفق عليه منظمه دينيه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בית לחולים סופניים או לחסרי-אמצעים, אכסניה
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