Hospice   

Deepsikha’s Hospice for Cancer Patients

SHANTI STHAL

Hospice is a concept rooted in the centuries-old idea of offering a place of shelter and rest, or “hospitality” to weary and sick travelers on a long journey. Hospice care provides humane and compassionate care for people in the last phases of incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible.

Hospice is an institution that takes care of the advanced and terminally ill cancer patients . It is neither a hospital nor a home, but infact both the specialized care together with the love of a home.The care given is to make the patient as symptom free and comfortable as is possible.

Hospice is a philosophy of care. The hospice philosophy or viewpoint accepts death as the final stage of life. The goal of hospice is to enable patients to continue an alert, pain-free life and to manage other symptoms so that their last days may be spent with dignity and quality, surrounded by their loved ones. Hospice affirms life and does not hasten or postpone death. It provides family-centered care and involves the patient and the family in making decisions. Care is provided for the patient and family 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.