Hospice
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Hospice
is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation
of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.
In the United States and Canada:
In Europe:
In Africa:
In Asia:
In Australia:
Hospice
Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.In the United States and Canada:*Gentiva Health Services, national provider of hospice and home health services...
is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation
Palliative care
Palliative care is a specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients...
of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.
In the United States and Canada:
- Gentiva Health ServicesGentiva Health ServicesGentiva Health Services , formerly based in Melville,Long Island, New York and now in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the largest providers of home health care and related services in the United States....
, national provider of hospice and home health services - Rainbow HospiceRainbow HospiceRainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, founded in 1981, is a well established non-profit organization and the largest hospice and palliative care provider in Cook County, Illinois. With offices in Park Ridge, Mt...
, non-profit in ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... - Community Hospice of Northeast FloridaCommunity Hospice of Northeast FloridaCommunity Hospice of Northeast Florida, also known simply as Community Hospice, is a not-for-profit hospice, which has served the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan Area since its inception in 1979...
, non-profit in Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville, FloridaJacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968... - American Academy of Hospice and Palliative MedicineAmerican Academy of Hospice and Palliative MedicineThe American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is a professional organization for physicians specializing in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, headquartered in Glenview, IL. Membership is open to all health care providers committed to improving the care of patients with serious or...
, professional organization in Glenview, IllinoisGlenview, Cook County, IllinoisGlenview is a suburban village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 41,847... - Association of Hospice and Palliative Care ChaplainsAssociation of Hospice and Palliative Care ChaplainsThe Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains is a UK professional body, existing specifically for chaplains working in a Hospice and/or Palliative Care setting...
, professional organization in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... - Hospice of Baton RougeHospice of Baton RougeHospice of Baton Rouge, also known as Hospice Foundation of Greater Baton Rouge, is a not-for-profit hospice, which has served the Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana metropolitan area since its inception in 1984. Hospice of Baton Rouge is partially funded by the United Way and is certified by both...
, non-profit in Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LouisianaBaton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
, LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... - Hospice Association of OntarioHospice Association of OntarioThe Hospice Association of Ontario provides end-of-life care to terminal patients in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1989 with eight members; as of April, 2005, it had over 150 member hospice facilities....
, professional organization in OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
In Europe:
- Trinity HospiceTrinity HospiceTrinity Hospice is the United Kingdom's oldest hospice, founded in 1891 by a member of the Hoare banking family. It is located in Clapham Common, London and provides specialist palliative care...
, oldest in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... - Hospice ComtesseHospice ComtesseThe hospice Comtesse or hospice Notre-Dame is a 17th century hospice on rue de la Monnaie in the Old Town area of Lille, France, first built in 1236 by Jeanne, Countess of Flanders. It contains the town museum.-Source:...
, town museum in LilleLilleLille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - Farleigh HospiceFarleigh HospiceFarleigh Hospice is a hospice which is based in Chelmsford, Essex. The main hospice is in Chelmsford with smaller centres in Maldon and Braintree.Farleigh Hospice is a charity which is funded partly by the NHS, charity shop profits, donations and fundraising....
, non-profit in ChelmsfordChelmsfordChelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
, EssexEssexEssex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Kirkwood HospiceKirkwood HospiceKirkwood Hospice is a hospice situated in Dalton, Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. It provides Specialist palliative care for the terminally ill in Kirklees...
, HuddersfieldHuddersfieldHuddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
, West YorkshireWest YorkshireWest Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Hospices de BeauneHospices de BeauneThe Hospices de Beaune or Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune is a former charitable almshouse in Beaune, France. It was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, as a hospital for the poor and needy. The original hospital building, the Hôtel-Dieu, one of the finest examples of French...
, museum in BeauneBeauneBeaune is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Cote d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Paris and Geneva.Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France and the annual wine auction of the Hospices de Beaune is the primary wine auction in France...
, BourgogneBourgogneBurgundy is one of the 27 regions of France.The name comes from the Burgundians, an ancient Germanic people who settled in the area in early Middle-age. The region of Burgundy is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy, from the modern...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - Sobell House HospiceSobell House HospiceThe Sir Michael Sobell House Hospice is an Oxford based Hospice serving the residents of Oxfordshire affected by life-limiting illness.In 1976, Sir Michael Sobell and the friends of Sobell House donated the funds to help build the original hospice...
, non-profit in OxfordshireOxfordshireOxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, OxfordOxfordThe city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Claire House Children's Hospice, non-profit in BebingtonBebingtonBebington is a small town and electoral ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It lies south of Liverpool and west southwest of Manchester, along the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula...
, MerseysideMerseysideMerseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Acorns Children's HospiceAcorns Children's HospiceAcorns Children’s Hospice Trust is a registered charity, offering a network of care and support to life-limited and life-threatened children and their families across the heart of England. Acorns has three hospices, situated in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester as well as a Community Team that...
, non-profit in BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, WalsallWalsallWalsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
& WorcesterWorcesterThe City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
of West MidlandsWest Midlands (region)The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Strathcarron HospiceStrathcarron HospiceStrathcarron Hospice is a free palliative care resource in Denny in the heart of Scotland, serving over 1/3 million people in the Forth Valley and North Lanarkshire areas. It was established in 1981 and cares for patients with an active, life-limiting disease. It relies heavily on volunteers and...
, non-profit in Denny, FalkirkDenny, FalkirkDenny is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland, formerly in the county of Stirlingshire. It is situated west of Falkirk, and north-east of Cumbernauld, adjacent to both the M80 and M876 motorways...
, StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
, ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... - St. Eloy's HospiceSt. Eloy's HospiceSt. Eloy's Hospice is a Guild House in Utrecht in the Netherlands.Between the Dom tower and the Mariaplaats in Utrecht in The Netherlands there is a unique house that bears the name: St. Eloyen Gasthuis . The house has been occupied by the Smedengilde since 1440. According to documents preserved...
- United Hospice of RocklandUnited Hospice of RocklandUnited Hospice of Rockland is a non-profit hospice serving Rockland and lower Orange counties in New York. UHR has been a resource in hospice and palliative care since 1988....
, - Hospice-Anthelme VerreauHospice-Anthelme VerreauHospice-Anthelme Verreau was a French-Canadian priest, educator, and historian.Born in l'Islet, P.Q., Lower Canada, the son of Germain-Alexandre Verreau and Ursule Fournier, Verreau left his classical course at the Quebec Seminary and taught at Ste Thérèse College...
- Metropolitan Jewish HospiceMetropolitan Jewish HospiceThe Metropolitan Jewish Hospice coordinates pain management and other needed services for terminally ill patients of any age living in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx and Nassau County. Care can be received at home and/or in select skilled nursing facilities.The program began as one of 15...
- Shooting Star Children's HospiceShooting Star Children's HospiceThe Shooting Star Children's Hospice is a UK-based children's charity.The charity provides care, support and advice for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families...
, non-profit in Hampton, LondonHampton, LondonHampton is a suburban area, centred on an old village on the north bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in England. Formerly it was in the county of Middlesex, which was formerly also its postal county. The population is about 9,500...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Martin House HospiceMartin House HospiceMartin House is a children's hospice in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. It provides care and support to families in which there is a child or children with a short life expectancy....
- Linda Mbeki HospiceLinda Mbeki HospiceThe Linda Mbeki Hospice is a hospice in Mbewuleni, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Operating from the former home of former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, the facility was named after the daughter of Govan and Epainette Mbeki following her death in 2005. It famously had a staff of three,...
- Trinity - the hospice in the FyldeTrinity - the hospice in the FyldeTrinity – the hospice in the Fylde is a purpose built hospice in Low Moor Road, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is set in landscaped gardens and it has a central courtyard. It was opened in 1985 after several years of planning and fund raising led by Dr David Cooper...
- St. Francis Hospice, RahenySt. Francis Hospice, RahenySt. Francis Hospice, Raheny, Dublin is a specialist palliative care service, including an in-patient unit, and home care and day care services. The Hospice provides care in a region with a population of c. 500,000 people.-History / Service Development:St...
- Demelza Hospice Care for ChildrenDemelza Hospice Care for ChildrenDemelza Hospice Care for Children is the only residential hospice in Kent, East Sussex and South London. They provide a wide range of services to children with terminal illnesses or conditions.-History:...
- CHASE hospice care for childrenCHASE hospice care for childrenCHASE hospice care for children is a UK-based charity . It is intended to support and provide palliative care to families with children who are not expected to reach the age of 19 because of illness or incurable disease...
- Grand Master of the Sacred Apostolic HospiceGrand Master of the Sacred Apostolic HospiceThe Grand Master of the Sacred Apostolic Hospice , or Quartermaster-General of the Sacred Palaces, is an hereditary official of the Pontifical Household...
In Africa:
- Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan AfricaFoundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa was established in 1999 as a 501 charitable organization by a group of internationally recognized hospice and HIV/AIDS care professionals...
In Asia:
- Dean FoundationDean FoundationDean Foundation is a non-profit medical foundation that provides free hospice and palliative care to individuals with irreversible illnesses irrespective of age, race, religion, or socioeconomic status. DEAN is an acronym for the Foundation’s objective: to Dignify and Empower the Ailing and Needy...
In Australia:
- Karuna Hospice Services