Hospice

Quick meaning: Hospice is a noun meaning (countable, dated) A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.

Meaning

(countable, dated) A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A specialized facility or organization offering palliative care for the terminally ill.
2. (uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.

Example Sentences

Medicare reimbursement of hospice care is likely to be affected by the apparent reluctance of hospices to participate in the Medicare program.

Thus, the introduction of hospice services marked a new beginning, not only for the care of the dying, but also for the practice of medicine as a whole.

St Joseph's Hospice Association in Liverpool supports hospices in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and Peru, as well as having links with hospices in India, Pakistan and Mexico that bear the same name.

A small number of hospices were opened in the US in the 1890s, but these institutions differed from the hospices that came into being in the second part of the twentieth century in the following ways.

Word Forms

• hospices

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include poorhouse, workhouse, hospitium, hostel, inn, shelter.

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