What is the main aim of end of life care?

Answer 1

The aims of a hospice are to serve the community by providing quality of life for individuals and families coping with terminal illness, death, and the process of grieving; to provide comfort, quality, and the possibility for positive experiences in the face of suffering.

Hospices work to do this by increasing public and professional awareness of the value of hospice services, assisting families with support and financial resources, and by offering a specialized kind of care that addresses the physical, social, and spiritual needs at end of life.

Answer 2

The main aim is to respect the persons wishes, as it is morally right for them to choose, the person may wish to die at home, were they are close to their loved ones and they can receive emotional and physical support.

Answer 3

To provide comfort, support and pain free care.

Answer 4

A quiet and painless death