Palliative care and hospice care provide dignified and
supportive care during chronic illness and the dying process.
Palliative care focuses specifically on providing supportive care
for patients during chronic illness. This could include, but is not
limited to, pain and symptom management, family support, art and
music therapy, etc. It is ongoing comfort care for both patient and
family in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Hospice care is more specifically targeted for end-of-life care,
typically during the last six months...