hospice
Let an agent explain hospice care and its forms, describe how to access services in general terms, relay information about palliative care from health bodies, and route personal medical decisions to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain hospice care and its forms, describe how to access services in general terms, relay information about palliative care from health bodies, and route personal medical decisions to clinicians.
A facility or service providing palliative care for people with life-limiting illness, focused on comfort, symptom relief and support for patients and families rather than cure, delivered in dedicated buildings, in hospitals, at home through mobile hospice teams, and in specialised children hospices; hospices are staffed by multidisciplinary teams, funded in varied ways and regulated as medical facilities, and historically the word also named travellers lodgings run by religious orders.
What it is for: Palliative care facilities and services.
It can be explain hospice and palliative care; describe forms of service; support access questions; route personal decisions.
Distinguishing features
Palliative focus
Multidisciplinary teams
Inpatient and home services
Family support
What it looks like
Care buildings with home-like rooms, or teams visiting homes.
How it is recognised
Care for life-limiting illness
Comfort-focused
A hospital treats to cure; a nursing home provides long-term care
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - related facilities
is related to - historic care facilities
is related to - a condition where palliative care may be used
In practice
Families and kinds
inpatient hospices
home and mobile hospice services
children hospices
hospital palliative care units
historic hospices for travellers
Standards and regulation
Health facility regulation and inspection
Palliative care standards and guidelines
Funding and eligibility rules by country
Failure modes and hazards
Late referral
Misunderstanding hospice as giving up
Agents making personal care decisions
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What hospice care is.
General information.
Care
Hospice and palliative care.
Care
Care.
- What is hospice care, how does it relate to palliative care, and what do teams provide, according to health bodies? provenance
- Is the user facing a personal care decision, which needs clinicians and family? boundary
Forms
Forms of service.
Forms
Forms.
- How do inpatient, home, mobile and children hospices differ? definition
- Which entry fits a specific hospice? action
Access Accessing services.
Practice.
Referral
Referral and eligibility.
Referral
Referral.
- How are people referred to hospice services, and what eligibility and funding rules apply here? provenance
- Which entry fits health system navigation? action
Families
Support for families.
Families
Families.
- What support do hospices offer families and carers, including bereavement support? provenance
- Is someone in acute distress, needing crisis support? boundary
Work Working and volunteering.
Involvement.
Staff
Roles.
Staff
Roles.
- Which professions work in hospices, and what training is required? provenance
- Which entry fits palliative medicine? action
Volunteer
Volunteering and funding.
Volunteer
Volunteering.
- How can people volunteer for or support hospices, and how are they funded? provenance
- Which organisations coordinate? provenance
Learn History and debates.
Context.
History
History of hospices.
History
History.
- How did hospices develop from medieval religious houses to the modern hospice movement? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Debates
Policy debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist about end-of-life care policy, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should palliative care be a separate entry?
- How should local services be linked?
- How should funding rules be documented?