When a person is diagnosed with a terminal illness, such as mesothelioma or another form of cancer, they often need support, advice, and assistance in order to help them to come to terms with the illness. This type of support is available through a support group for cancer patients. However, as the illness goes on, patients can often benefits from palliative care, support, and care in a hospice environment where there are trained and experienced staff and valuable programs in place to help improve patients’ lives.
Contrary to many peoples’ beliefs, a hospice is actually a place where terminally ill patients stay for a period of time, usually a couple of weeks, before returning home. While at the hospice, the patient will receive valuable palliative care from expert staff, will have access to information, resources and advice, and will enjoy the support of expert staff and other patients in the same situation.
After returning home from the hospice, the patient is usually able to get home visits from medical staff and can continue to receive some of the palliative care and attention received at the hospice at home. In some cases, the patient may be able to return to the hospice, either for additional care or simply to give the family a rest from providing care. There are also day care centers linked to the hospice, which patients can also attend.
As the illness becomes more advanced, the patient and family may need to think about whether the last few days would be better spent in the hospice in terms of receiving care and medical attention, in which case the patient can be readmitted to the hospice, or whether the patient is able to spend the last few days at home.
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