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Health: Hospice Care
Hospice care is required for people that are marginalized by homelessness and face barriers to accessing mainstream health care services. The goal of hospice care is to adapt to the multidimensional and complex needs of those who are homeless. At a hospice, individuals receive 24-hour palliative care, provided by doctors, nurses, client-care workers and other health care professionals who are specially equipped to deal with the patients' unique needs.

More home than hospital, a hospice is an environment where patients are not alone in their grief and pain. They receive crucial physical and emotional support at every stage of their illness. It is a place where the terminally ill can spend their last days with dignity and with lessened suffering. For many of these patients their illnesses are complicated by addiction and mental health issues, making it hard for them to get appropriate care.

AUTHOR: Power, Asetha (2008) Homeless Hub. [Show Less]


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A Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) initiative. The CHRN has received financial support from the Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada