What is a Hospice?

A hospice service cares for a person’s physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing at the end of life, and supports carers and loved ones.

Hospice care is a style of community-based palliative care that honours the hope for comfort, choice, dignity, and peace at the end of life. Care is provided in a person’s home or in a home-like environment, in a way that welcomes and encourages the involvement of family and friends.