Published on 8/20/2024

What Is the Difference Between Palliative Care and Hospice?

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8/20/2024

Navigating the healthcare options for loved ones in their final stages of life can be overwhelming, yet understanding the difference between palliative care and hospice is crucial for making informed decisions. Both palliative care and hospice focus on providing comfort, reducing pain, and improving quality of life, but they serve patients at different stages of illness and have distinct philosophies and guidelines.

Palliative care is a type of medical care aimed at relieving symptoms and stress of a serious illness, regardless of the diagnosis or stage of the disease. It can be provided alongside curative treatments from the time of diagnosis. The goal of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for both the patient and their fami…

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8/20/2024

Palliative care is about relieving unnecessary suffering at any point in the life stage, or as it relates to any illness (terminal or not). Hospice is a specific form of palliative care that we use for people who are dying in short order.

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