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Hospice and palliative care is the type of care which supports the patient during their last stage. Hospice provides expert medical care, emotional and spiritual support, Pain management. Hospice care mainly focused on caring than the curing. Hospice care is generally home bases but sometimes it may away from home. Palliative care is a special care for people with serious illness. Palliative care focuses on offering relief from symptoms like pain, stress due to the illness. Generally palliative care begins at diagnosis while hospice care begins after treatment of the disease is stopped and when it is cleared that the person is not going to survive anymore. Their primary purpose is to improve the patient’s and family’s quality of life. Palliative care is for patients who are suffering from a serious illness such as cancer, heart disease such as congestive heart failure, renal failure, Alzheimer’s disease, and others. It enhances the patient’s quality of life while also assisting the primary physician, patient, and family. The Palliative Care market has grown dramatically over the last 15 years, with causes such as an ageing population, an increase in chronic life-threatening disease, government and non-profit initiative, and increased government funding all contributing to this growth.
