Hospices, why they are a better choice versus Hospitals

Thesis Statement

“Hospices a nursing home giving life to those who are near to fatal condition proves to be better than hospitals with their treatment procedures.”

Working Outline

The paper is not a research instead it brings out a summary of the research of variable writers who have proven that hospices are a better place for patient with near to fatal condition than the regular hospitals. The paper begins with an introduction about what hospices are then further carries to highlight the advantages of hospices over hospitals as defined by carious writers in their research papers. Paper further highlights the drawbacks associated with the hospice. The paper concludes with the remarks of the writer.

Introduction

Hospice, as the modern definition suggests are nursing homes for those patients who have incurred illnesses which have dragged them to almost death or patients with illnesses which are lifelong. The nature of the illness can be variable as the illness can be a physical one or an emotional one or a psychological one. The primary objective of hospices is to bring motivation, self respect and dignity back in the patients being treated for these illnesses in the ending years of their lives. The prime focus of hospices is to care for the emotional needs of the patient and bring control to the pain which they incur because of their illnesses. Hospices believe that the ending stage of life is not an experience to be accumulated with medical experience instead it is something which needs to be dealt as a life experience.

Discussion

Hospices Advantages over Hospitals

As we suggest that hospices are a better place for patients in their ending stages it needs to be compared with hospitals and the advantages needs to be properly mentioned. The following section defines the advantages of hospices.

Hospices bring patients into the supervision of a team of volunteers and medical officers who comprehensively and interdisciplinary care for the patients under their supervision. The team is an extensive one which compromises of nurses, physicians. Social workers, home health aids, trained hospice volunteers and chaplains who work dedicatedly to meet the requirements and needs of the patients and their care givers.

One of the greater advantages of hospices is that they provide care to their patients 24 hours of the day which includes expert supervision on holidays and weekends too. The patient care of the hospices is 24 x 7 available to ...