Hospice care is given in facilities or homes for people who have approximately six months or less to live.

Hospice care is given in facilities or homes for people who have approximately six months or less to live.

• A. In facilities or homes for people who have approximately six months or less to live
• B. Only in hospital wards
• C. Only for terminal cancer patients
• D. Community centers for physical therapy

Answer: (A)

Hospice care focuses on comfort and quality of life for people with a terminal illness who are expected to live about six months or less. It isn’t about curing the disease; it’s about relieving pain and other symptoms, supporting emotional and spiritual needs, and helping the patient and family cope during end-of-life care. Hospice can be provided where the person lives—in their home—or in a hospice facility, and it covers any illness with a prognosis of six months or less, not just cancer. It’s not limited to hospital wards or to physical therapy in community centers; those settings and services don’t reflect the end-of-life, comfort-focused approach hospice provides.

Hospice care focuses on comfort and quality of life for people with a terminal illness who are expected to live about six months or less. It isn’t about curing the disease; it’s about relieving pain and other symptoms, supporting emotional and spiritual needs, and helping the patient and family cope during end-of-life care. Hospice can be provided where the person lives—in their home—or in a hospice facility, and it covers any illness with a prognosis of six months or less, not just cancer. It’s not limited to hospital wards or to physical therapy in community centers; those settings and services don’t reflect the end-of-life, comfort-focused approach hospice provides.