However, this is false. There are thousands of hospices located in the United States and in other countries throughout the world. Each is a separate business entity. Each has its own unique characteristics and quality of care.
Some hospices are nonprofit charitable organizations which are dedicated to that charitable mission.
Some hospices are for-profit corporations, basically making money is the underlying goal while providing hospice services. If a corporation is for profit, it may have stockholder interests in mind when it makes decisions regarding the care and services it chooses to provide or not to provide. However, there are some excellent for profit hospices as well as nonprofit hospices. A positive report from someone you trust and know well is the most reliable indicator of the type of care you can expect from any hospice. To find a hospice for children with terminally ill diseases, please take note that not all hospices are set up to provide pediatric hospice care.