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Not giving up — switching the goal from more time to better time.
means A place or program of care for people nearing the end of life, focused on comfort and dignity rather than cure.
from From Latin 'hospitium' (hospitality, guest-house), rooted in 'hospes' (host/guest) — the same root that gives us 'hospital' and 'hotel.' Medieval travelers and pilgrims relied on hospices as waystations of shelter and rest; the modern meaning narrowed in the 20th century, when the word was adopted for places of care at life's final waystation.
- origin
- latin hospitium, meaning guest house, not deathbed
- common myth
- many enter too late to get full benefit
- coverage
- often fully paid, yet wildly underused
- location
- usually happens at home, not a facility