Question

Your mother is a volunteer at a hospice facility. She often comes home emotionally exhausted. You have never visited a hospice and asked if you could go with her next time. She agrees. Prior to your visit, you want to understand the concept of a hospice.

Activity: You perform an Internet search on the subject to understand their mission and goals. Write up your research and share it with your mother.

Answer 1

Hospice facility is for people who are near to end of life or who are dying. These facilities are provided by the team of professional health care. They reduce the pain and maximize the ill person’s comfort. And they fulfill their physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. A person who is eligible for hospice facility has less than six months to live. But if a person whose life expectancy increased beyond six months then they will be no longer be eligible for Hospice facility.

Goals of Hospice facility-

1. Support patients and their family members in finding personal satisfaction

2. Relieve the physical, mental and emotional pain or suffering of patients and their family members

3. Promote the dignity and independence of patients

4. Maintain the comfort of patients

5. Support their individuality

Mission of Hospice facility-

1. To provide quality care for patients

2. Support their family members before and after death

3. Provide care by best team of professional health care

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