Hospice affirms life.
Hospice exists to provide support and care for persons in the last phases of incurable disease so they might live as fully and comfortably as possible. Hospice recognizes dying as a normal process whether or not resulting from disease. Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death. Hospice exist in the hope and belief that, through appropriate care and promotion of a caring community sensitivity to their needs, patients and families may be free to attain a degree of mental and spiritual preparation for death that is satisfactory to them. Hospice care is provided to people with all types of terminal illnesses as determined by their physician.