hospice
noun
- a health-care facility for the terminally ill that emphasizes pain control and emotional support for the patient and family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.
- a similar program of care and support for the terminally ill at home.
Origin of hospice
Related Words for hospice
shelter, clinic, ward, infirmary, sanitarium, surgery, asylum, institution, sanatoriumExamples from the Web for hospice
Contemporary Examples of hospice
The next evening, Romero was saying mass in the chapel at the hospice where he lived in a tiny room near the infirm and the dying.
Why Pope Francis Wants to Declare Murdered Archbishop Romero a SaintChristopher Dickey
August 24, 2014
Thomas J. Foley died Friday in hospice care in Washington at age 84.
He has also demonstrated compassion for AIDS victims, washing and kissing the feet of 12 patients in a hospice in 2001.
The list also includes 14 hospitals, 14 assaults in schools, and even a hospice for the dying.
When I was first called and told that George McGovern was in hospice care, I was overwhelmed with sadness.
Historical Examples of hospice
M. Julien, will you run for the doctor, and send him down to the Hospice at once?
Chatterbox, 1906Various
I found him at the hospice, busy with his œuvre de bienfaisance.
Behind the BeyondStephen Leacock
He, himself, was billeted with a French family, just around the corner from the Hospice.
Life in a TankRichard Haigh
The hospice had formerly been a palstra or wrestling-ground.
The Death of the GodsDmitri Mrejkowski
In June, 1861, her simple funeral passed from the gates of the Hospice.
Female Warriors, Vol. II (of 2)Ellen C. Clayton