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 The term 'hospice' refers to a palliative, patient-centered approach to end-of-life care for terminally-ill patients. Hospice is a holistic program, attending to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the terminally ill to provide them with a peaceful and dignified end-of-life. Helping the families of the dying in dealing with their loved one's suffering, and their own grief, is also an important part of hospice care.
The goal of hospice care, in short, is to assist the terminally ill in serenely facing and accepting death and maintain the quality of their life during their final days. Hence, hospice care is not only concerned with life, but also death, the natural conclusion of life. |
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 Who should consider receiving hospice care? |
 Terminal cancer patients with less than three months to live.
Cancer patients who have exhausted all treatment options, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Patients desiring non-therapeutic nursing to receive palliative care to control pain or reduce symptoms.
Mentally-competent patients with no difficulty in communicating.
Patients recommended by their primary care provider or a hospice care provider. |
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| Patient's informed consent |
| Hospices do not offer special treatments, administer tests or drugs or perform CPR. Aggressive medical care of this type, provided in regular sick wards and whose goal is complete recovery, when dispensed on the terminally ill, even if it succeeds in prolonging their life, does it frequently at the expense of their welfare and comfort. In other words, these benefits of modern medical technology do not necessarily promote the quality of life for the terminally ill. This difference between regular sick wards and hospices, one offering therapeutic care and the other, palliative care, is stressed to patients at the time of admission, so that they can make an informed decision before giving their consent. |
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| Hospice Program |
Hospice training: 1-2 times a year
Selection and training of volunteers: once a month (currently 40 volunteers enrolled)
Hospice team meeting: twice a month (second and fourth Wednesdays every month)
Home hospice: coordinated with homecare nursing
Bereaved families' meeting: once a year
 Contact Number
• Phone : 031-820-3355, 3357 (82-31-820-3355, 3357 from overseas )
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