Back to top 10. Hospice patients are cared for by a team of doctors, nurses, social workers, counselors, home health aides, clergy, therapists, and volunteers. Each provides assistance based on his or her area of expertise. In addition, hospices help provide medications, supplies, equipment, hospital services, and additional helpers in the home as appropriate. Back to top 11.
Hospice does nothing to either speed up or slow down the dying process.
Just as doctors and midwives lend support and expertise during the time of childbirth, so hospice provides its presence and specialized knowledge during the dying process. Back to top 12. Back to top 13. In addition, physical and occupational therapies assist patients to be as mobile and self sufficient as possible. They are often joined by specialists schooled in music therapy, art therapy, diet counseling, and other therapies.