| hospice |
Supportive care given to a terminally ill client and their family. The focus of this care is to enable the client to remain in the familiar surrounding of their home for as long as they can. Hospice care may be either inpatient or outpatient.
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| hospice |
A Hospice is an agency that provides counseling and medical services and may provide room and board for a terminally ill individual. Hospice services must meet all of the following requirements:
Ãâó: www.brevard.edu/FO/definitions.asp
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| hospital |
An institution is considered to be a hospital if it fully meets each of the following requirements:
Ãâó: www.brevard.edu/FO/definitions.asp
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| hospice |
an organization of nurses, doctors and other professional who care for the terminally ill and deal with the counseling of family members.
Ãâó: t3.preservice.org/T0210542/circlelife/vocab.html
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| hospital |
A hospital is a facility licensed to provide care and treatment for sick or injured patients, primarily while they are acutely ill or chronically ill. It must have facilities for diagnostic treatment and major surgery and offer nursing care 24 hours a day. It does not include a nursing home, rest home, home for the aged, sanatorium, convalescent hospital or a facility for treating alcohol or drug abuse or beds set aside for any of these purposes in a hospital.
Ãâó: www.hr.ubc.ca/retiring/rsb/important_terms.html
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