The British hospice care dates back to the early 1900's. Dr. Cicily Saunders founded St. Christopher's Hospice of London in the 1960's. The First Hospice in the United States was formed in 1967. Hospice care is aimed at providing comfort, listening, compassion, help, guidance, resources information, and assistance to the patient and their families. We, as a team, are there to help the patient live as pain and symptom free as possible, and in control over their care, so that in the final days, the patient may have dignity and quality of life, and remain at home around loved ones.
Home can mean any place the patient lives.
It can be their primary residence, a family or friends home, a skilled nursing facility or a residential care facility. Hospice does not stop there.