hospice
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.
Inflected forms:
form: hospices
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
examples: At the west end of the street is the ruined 13th-century hospice, known locally as Pilgrims' Rest. It was built by Bishop Beck for the use of travellers, and was used as place of rest by pilgrims on their way from Bardsey Island to St David's Cathedral.
gloss: The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The modern concept of hospice and palliative nursing has its roots in the hospice movement. Introduced to the United States in the early 1960s, hospice has grown from one organization in 1971 to more than 3500 organizations in 2001.
Thus, the introduction of hospice services marked a new beginning, not only for the care of the dying, but also for the practice of medicine as a whole.
With the emergence of the modern hospice movement and its institutionalization in the 1970s, however, the religious dimension of hospice moved considerably away from its Christian roots. While it is widely agreed that hospice ought to be concerned with the spiritual needs of the dying, how to do this in a pluralistic society is far from clear.
Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 is the longest living president in American history, has decided to forgo further medical treatment and will enter hospice care at his home in Georgia, the Carter Center announced on Saturday.
gloss: A specialized facility or organization offering palliative care for the terminally ill.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Medicare reimbursement of hospice care is likely to be affected by the apparent reluctance of hospices to participate in the Medicare program.
A small number of hospices were opened in the US in the 1890s, but these institutions differed from the hospices that came into being in the second part of the twentieth century in the following ways.
St Joseph's Hospice Association in Liverpool supports hospices in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and Peru, as well as having links with hospices in India, Pakistan and Mexico that bear the same name.
Related words: hospital
hospitable
Derived words: nonhospice
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: hospies
lang: Afrikaans
word: hospitium
lang: Bulgarian
word: хоспис
roman: hospis
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 臨終關懷 /临终关怀
roman: línzhōng guānhuái
lang: Finnish
word: saattohoito
lang: French
word: hospice
lang: German
word: Hospizdienst
lang: Indonesian
word: hospis
lang: Irish
word: ospís
lang: Italian
word: ospizio
lang: Italian
word: casa di cura
lang: Malay
word: hospis
lang: Persian
word: خستهخانه
roman: xaste-xâne
lang: Portuguese
word: cuidados paliativos
lang: Welsh
word: hosbis
lang: Afrikaans
word: hospies
lang: Afrikaans
word: hospitium
lang: Bulgarian
word: хоспис
roman: hospis
lang: Catalan
word: hospici
lang: Catalan
word: casa de beneficència
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 安養院 /安养院
roman: ānyǎngyuàn
lang: Dutch
word: hospice
lang: Finnish
word: saattokoti
lang: French
word: hospice
lang: German
word: Hospiz
lang: Greek
word: άσυλο ανιάτων
roman: ásylo aniáton
lang: Hebrew
word: הוספיס
roman: hóspis
lang: Hebrew
word: מרכז לטיפול תומך
roman: merkáz letipúl tomékh
lang: Irish
word: ospís
lang: Italian
word: ospizio
lang: Italian
word: casa di cura
lang: Japanese
word: ホスピス
roman: hosupisu
lang: Kazakh
word: хоспис
roman: xospis
lang: Korean
word: 호스피스
roman: hoseupiseu
lang: Kyrgyz
word: хоспис
roman: hospis
lang: Polish
word: hospicjum
lang: Russian
word: хо́спис
roman: xóspis
lang: Slovene
word: hospic
lang: Spanish
word: hospicio
lang: Swedish
word: hospis
lang: Swedish
word: hospice
lang: Thai
word: สถานดูแลระยะสุดท้าย
roman: sàtăan doolae ráyá sùttáai
lang: Welsh
word: hosbis