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11 Myths About the Hospice Debunked

Most people have a wrong understanding of the hospice facility. In fact, when people hear that so and so has been referred to a hospice, they get so gloomy and believe that the person is on a sure path to death. But is this the truth? Well, we debunk these myths

11 Hospice myths debunked with verifiable facts - HOSIPED

There are a lot of myths surrounding hospice care. Most people believe that hospices are for dying cancer patients. Others say that morphine kills in hospices. We debunk this with facts

Disadvantages of dying at home vs in the hospice - HOSIPED

Even though hospice care is the most compassionate way to manage your end-of-life suffering, many people still choose to die at home without any hospice care.

What you Need to Know about Hospice care at home - HOSIPED

With the availability of hospice care at home providers, most terminally ill patients are opting to die from home where they are close to their relatives as opposed to be surrounded by strangers in a strange facility as they breath their last.

Hospice care vs palliative care: Differences of the two - HOSIPED

There are two different types of care that can provide comfort during the end-of-life process: palliative care and hospice care.

Why Palliative care gets a bad rap - HOSIPED

If there are two terms that I have found most of the patients that I take care either of at home or in the hospice misunderstand, it has to be hospice care and palliative care. It seems that most people do not actually know that there is a difference and will therefore tend to use them interchangeably as though they connote the same meaning. The truth cannot be further from that.