Definition

1. Noun:
   • A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill: A specialized type of care focused on providing comfort, pain management, and support to individuals with life-limiting illnesses and their families, often in the final stages of life.
   • A lodging for travelers, especially one kept by a monastic order: A place of shelter and rest for travelers, historically often provided by religious communities.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Care Program):
  • Her grandfather received compassionate end-of-life care at a local hospice.
  • The hospice team includes doctors, nurses, and counselors.
• Noun (Lodging):
  • The medieval monastery offered a hospice to weary pilgrims on the ancient route.
  • They found shelter for the night in a simple hospice run by the monks.

Advanced Usage

• "in hospice": Receiving hospice care services.
  • After the diagnosis, she chose to be in hospice at home with her family.
• "hospice care": The specific model of palliative care provided. (Note: This is a compound term listed separately as a variant).
  • The principles of hospice care emphasize quality of life and dignity.

Variants and Related Words

• Hospice care (n): The comprehensive palliative care program itself.
  • He decided to transition from curative treatment to hospice care.
• Hospice worker (n): A professional who provides care in a hospice setting.
  • The hospice worker offered both medical assistance and emotional support.

Synonyms

• For care program: Palliative care program, end-of-life care facility.
• For lodging: Shelter, hostel, refuge, inn.

Related Phrases

• Enter hospice: To begin receiving hospice care.
  • The patient decided to enter hospice when treatments were no longer effective.

Noun

1. a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
2. a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)