Chuck Palahniuk

I used to work as a volunteer in a hospice, but I don't have any nursing skills or cooking skills or anything, so I was what they call an escort. I would take people to the support groups every night, and I would have to sit sort of on the sidelines so I could take them back to hospice at the end of the meeting.

American Novelist

Lance Loud

The bulk of my learning - if I may call it such - has come within the past three months, after I became a part of the fragile body of patients who make up an AIDS hospice. Here, surrounded by teams of supportive nurses, attentive doctors, and interns, one gently comes upon his own strengths and shortcomings.

American Actor

Brad Pitt

I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that's very telling.

Actor

Roz Chast

My father was in terrible pain towards the end because of his bed sores, and he did go into hospice, and I think that was better in some ways. You know, I think his death was peaceful, and it was all right. He was just in terrible pain.

American Cartoonist

Ron Wyden

I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care.

American Politician

Torrey DeVitto

No one deserves to die alone. No matter who you are, you deserve to have someone by your side. And as a volunteer with hospice, we provide that love, comfort, and respect.

American Actress

Eleanor Clift

Hospice means end-of-life care. The admission ticket is a diagnosis from a doctor that you have six months or less to live.

American Journalist

Art Buchwald

It is one thing to choose to go into a hospice; it's another thing to get on the air and tell everybody about it.

Tyler Henry

I had graduated high school early, and my thought was to become a hospice nurse.

American Entertainer

Harmon Killebrew

Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.

American Athlete

Talking about hospice can evoke strong emotions as it's associated with death and caring for the dying.

Emotional Sensitivity

Unlike hospitals, hospices are not for curing illnesses, but for comforting and caring for the terminally ill.

Not a Hospital

Certain words often appear with 'hospice', such as 'care', 'worker', and 'patient' to describe the hospice experience.

Specific Vocabulary

Hospice emphasizes comfort and quality of life, rather than trying to cure the illness.

Quality of Life

Hospice is specifically for illnesses that are considered life-limiting, with emphasis on 'life-limiting'.

Life Limiting

Hospice care often occurs at home, allowing the patient to be in a familiar and comfortable environment.

Home Setting

 True to the tenets of palliative care, I function as something of a reflective advocate, as much as prescribing physician. Quick palliative care -- a very important field but poorly understood -- while it includes, it is not limited to end of life care. It is not limited to hospice.

What really matters at...

 Her cancer was confirmed, hospice just came in and walked us through the process. As a doctor and an educated man of science, he is trained to problem-solve diseases. His expertise is to find solutions for illnesses, not to relate to my mom's personal view on life.

My mother's final wish...

 whom I met when I was a medical student. She founded the hospice movement. And she said, "You matter because you are, and you matter to the last moment of your life." And I firmly believe that that's the message that we have to carry forward. Thank you.

Peter Saul: Let's talk...

 As a result, he spent just four days in hospice, which I'm sure, as you all know, is a pretty typical outcome, and we never said goodbye because we were unprepared for the end. We have a noble path to curing the disease, patients and doctors alike,

Amanda Bennett: We need...

 and shouldn't every child whose life is shortened by a horrific illness be worth it? Together, all of us today can offer that same specialized care that Crystal received by recognizing that children's respite and hospice care

Stories from a home for...

 medical student she founded the hospice movement and she says you matter because you are and you matter to the last moment of your life and I firmly believe that that's the message that we have to carry forward thank you

Let's talk about dying -...

 Home hospice does have an aura of being a beautiful environment to die in. How great that you don't have the sounds of machines beeping and going on and off all the time, no disruptions for mandatory drug administration,

The journey through loss...

 I wish I'd had the courage to express my true self. And number I wish I'd lived a life true to my dreams, instead of what others expected of me. Now, as far as I know, no one ever told one of the hospice workers,

The game that can give...

 lesions in my brain my doctor has informed me that there are no longer any viable options for me so she's put me on hospice care and we'll just take it one day at a time

I Am Dying Teaser PIPE...

 And early in the morning, I went into the ward. In that hospice, there were 31 men and women who were actively dying. And I walked up to the bedside of an old woman