What is Hospice?
[[File:Canterbury 002 St Thomas Hospice.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The St Thomas Hospice in [[Canterbury]]]] A '''hospice''' is a type of medical [[wikt:treatment|treatment]] that helps take care of people who are very sick and have an [[terminal illness|illness]] that they will not be able to [[heal]] from.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What Is Hospice Care?|url=https://www.cancer.org/treatment/end-of-life-care/hospice-care/what-is-hospice-care.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.cancer.org|language=en}}</ref> People who stay in hospices are expected to die soon, but sometimes they get better. Hospices are different from other medicinal treatments because they mostly try to make people feel better instead of trying to [[wikt:cure|cure]] them. Hospice tries to allow people to die with as little [[pain]] as possible. A member of the hospice team visits regularly, and someone is usually always available by phone — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Hospice may be covered by [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hospice care: Comforting the terminally ill|url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/end-of-life/in-depth/hospice-care/art-20048050|access-date=2021-10-24|website=Mayo Clinic|language=en}}</ref> Most hospice care is provided at home — with a family member typically serving as the primary caregiver. However, hospice care is also available at hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and dedicated hospice facilities. Hospices have [[Medical doctor|doctors]], [[nurse]]s, and other people who go to [[patient]]s houses, [[Gerontology|nursing home]]s and [[hospital]]s to talk to people who want to use hospice medicine. In the [[United States]] hospice treatment is a benefit provided by the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] since 1982. Under the [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] Hospice Benefit, a person certified by two [[Physician|physicians]] to have less than six months to live can get specialized hospice services through various [[insurance]] p