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How Does Palliative Care Differ From Hospice Care?

Palliative care and hospice care are often discussed together, but there are distinctions.  Jewish Home Lifecare delineates the difference as follows: 
 

Palliative care
Palliative care is an approach to care for people with chronic or end-stage illness that focuses on symptom relief and psycho-social and spiritual support.  Palliative care can be provided at any time in the course of an illness, no matter how long the person is expected to live, and may be used along with curative treatments.

Hospice
Hospice, on the other hand, uses the same comfort-focused approach but is limited to those with a terminal prognosis (i.e., six months or less) after attempts at cure have ceased. All hospice is palliative care, but not all palliative care is hospice. Both palliative care and hospice can be provided in the home or in an inpatient setting such as a nursing home.
 
The goal of both palliative care and hospice is to minimize or eliminate suffering and support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families.

 

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