The Institute works to inform . . . Almost 3,000 local hospice and palliative care programs in the United States offer specialized care to people suffering from fatal illnesses, such as cancer. Hospice care always remembers family members, before and after the death of the patient. Good hospices are rooted in, and responsive to, the communities they serve. Hospice care is provided at home .
Some hospices now have their own residences or inpatient units.
Hospice is a philosophy of caring which values the dignity and worth of each person, and good hospice care is the practical expression of that commitment. Faculty members for these seminars are international experts on hospice and palliative care. In Hospice and Palliative Care is a definitive 387-page reference text on caring for the dying and the bereaved. Hospice Education Institute accepts no governmental or corporate support. The Institute relies on the generosity of individual donors.