hospice visits
End-of-life calls
Hospice visits are trips to see patients receiving end-of-life care, either in dedicated hospice facilities or in homes where hospice services are provided.
The term covers both family members visiting dying loved ones and professional visits from hospice staff—nurses, chaplains, social workers—who provide comfort care: The hospice visits became more frequent as her condition declined.
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- comfort careSymptom relief, not cure
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- bedsideNear the mattress
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
chaplain · family · family gathering · quality time · goodbye · final goodbye · terminal · nurse · caregiver · gentle · dignity · pain · pain management · medication · peaceful · final · last words · holding hands
- pastoral visitssick calls, last rites, soul care
- elder ministrybereavement support, grief support, spiritual care, lay ministers, wellness checks
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