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Hospice vs. Palliative Care
This detailed guide differentiates Hospice Care and Palliative Care, outlining their respective services, timing, settings, and personnel to clarify that while all hospice care is fundamentally palliative, palliative care can be introduced at any stage of a serious illness concurrent with curative treatment.
Hospice Care: All hospice care is palliative care.
Services:
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Includes all the services of palliative care, as well as Physician services, Nurses, home health aides, volunteers, and respite care for caregivers.
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Medications, Medical equipment, and supplies are provided.
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Provides emotional and spiritual support.
Timing:
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Patients with life-limiting illnesses.
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Usually, when curative treatment is no longer available.
Location:
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In homes, hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities.
Focus:
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Care, comfort, and quality of life of a person who is approaching the end of life.
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Quality of life, focusing on comfort without treating illness.
People:
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Interdisciplinary: Nurses, doctors, social workers, volunteers, social workers, home health aids, chaplains, bereavement services (death doula).
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Available 24/7 and visits regularly.
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Emotional support services continue for loved ones after the patient’s end of life.
Outcomes:
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Higher patient/family satisfaction.
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Reduced hospitalizations at the end of life.
Palliative Care: Not all palliative care is hospice care.
Services:
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Includes medical assessment and care plan focused on symptom and pain management. Consult with social work.
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Help patients understand their options of treatment options.
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Can be provided alongside treatment plans.
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Services are often once or twice a month depending on needs.
Timing:
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Can begin at any stage of serious illness.
Location:
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Most commonly: provided in hospitals, outpatient clinics.
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Less common: homes.
Focus:
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Improving the quality of life for people with serious illnesses and their loved ones while continuing treatment.
People:
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Consultative, not 24/7 availability.
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Multiple types of doctors and other care providers:
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Specialist care doctors, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, chaplains.
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Work together with patients and families.
Outcomes:
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Symptom management.
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Reduced stress.
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Improved quality of life earlier in the disease.
Palliative Care: Not all palliative care is hospice care.
Services:
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Includes medical assessment and care plan focused on symptom and pain management. Consult with social work.
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Help patients understand their options of treatment options.
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Can be provided alongside treatment plans.
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Services are often once or twice a month depending on needs.
Timing:
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Can begin at any stage of serious illness.
Location:
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Most commonly: provided in hospitals, outpatient clinics.
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Less common: homes.
Focus:
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Improving the quality of life for people with serious illnesses and their loved ones while continuing treatment.
People:
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Consultative, not 24/7 availability.
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Multiple types of doctors and other care providers:
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Specialist care doctors, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, chaplains.
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Work together with patients and families.
Outcomes:
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Symptom management.
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Reduced stress.
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Improved quality of life earlier in the disease.
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Fort Worth, TX 76104
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