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hospiceResidential facility specializing in palliative care for terminally ill patients and their relatives. The aim of hospices is to control the pain of the patients, and enable them to die with dignity.
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| With the recent proliferation of hospice providers--more than 1,600 hospices in the United States, many using elaborate marketing machinery attempting to woo the nursing home administrator into contracting for their services--increased scrutiny of these services is definitely in order. I have exhausted my investigations in Australia because there aren't many day hospices in the country. Hospice Care Network, with locations in Woodbury, NY, Bay Shore, Melville and Fresh Meadows NY, is one of the leading hospices in New York State and enables children and adults to live with peace and dignity in a caring environment during the final stages of life. |
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