Hospice care is a unique form of medical care that concentrates on reducing the severity of disease symptoms, rather than halting or delaying progression of the disease itself or providing a cure. With hospice care, patients are allowed to remain in their homes and live their final days in comfort and in the company of their loved ones. Professional hospice staff and volunteers are available around the clock to ease the patient's transition through the final stages of life.

While hospice care is quite useful and beneficial for patients, many do not fully understand the scope of services that hospice care can offer. Below you will find a list of some of the different services that hospice care is able to provide.

- Pain and symptom control. Keeping the mesothelioma patient comfortable and pain-free is the primary goal of hospice care.

- Spiritual care. While not a religious program in itself, hospice offers support for mesothelioma patients and families in meeting their spiritual and religious needs. These needs are often important to people who are facing the end of life.

- Respite care. Providing constant care for a seriously ill patient can put a tremendous strain on a family. When a break is needed, hospice can provide respite - or "relief" - care in a hospital or other inpatient facility. This allows the family a few days of rest and relaxation.

- Home care or inpatient care. In general, hospice strives to help terminally ill patients remain at home. However, if inpatient care is needed temporarily, hospice staff works with hospital staff to ensure continued care.

- Bereavement care. Hospice care is for families as well as patients. After a hospice patient dies, specially trained members of the hospice care team are available for a year or more to help surviving family members through their grief.

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