Hospice & Palliative Care
Compassionate Care That Honors Every Stage Of Life
Hospice and palliative care regard dying as a natural process. The goal is to achieve the best possible quality of life through relief of suffering, control of symptoms, and restored comfort — while remaining sensitive to each person’s values, beliefs, and wishes.
Hospice Care
When Comfort Becomes the Focus
Hospice is a special kind of care chosen by patients at the end of life, when a terminal illness puts life expectancy at six months or less. Care priorities shift from treatment to comfort — focused on helping patients and families make the most of each day, consistent with the patient’s own values and wishes.
Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, aides, and volunteers.
Covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most insurance plans, and provided wherever the patient lives — at home, in a nursing facility, or in a hospice residence.
Patients have access to four levels of care — routine, continuous, inpatient, and respite — based on what they need and when.
palliative care
Care at Every Stage
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with serious illness. Whatever the diagnosis, it focuses on relief from symptoms, pain, and stress — with the overarching goal of improving quality of life for both the patient and their family.
Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, aides, and volunteers.
Delivered by a team of doctors, nurses, and specialists who work alongside your existing care team to provide an extra layer of support.
Available to everyone regardless of diagnosis or life expectancy — not limited to end-of-life care.
Specialized support for families
Palliative Care for
Children & Adolescents
Florida’s Partners in Care: Together for Kids (PIC-TFK) program offers specialized palliative care support services for children and adolescents up to age 21. These services provide comfort for both children and families, and can be accessed in addition to the medical services you are already receiving through the Children’s Medical Services Network.