Palliative care is used for people who have life-threatening illness to improve their quality of life as well as family members. Hospice care also has the same philosophy of palliative care, in which is to give a patient the best quality of care and relief of symptoms. Contrasting with this, palliative care and hospice care are administered at different points in a patient’s prognosis. Palliative care can be used at any given point in the process, but hospice care can only be used if the patient has 6 or less months to live. Palliative care is usually used in hospitals or care facilities; hospice is not limited to a specific place. In addition, bereavement counseling is involved in both care programs and allows help to the patient and family
